Synonyms for proverbial
prəˈvɜr bi əlprover·bial

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1. proverbial

   Synonyms:
   notorious, current, acknowledged, unquestioned

   Antonyms:
   dubious, unfounded, suspicious, suspected, questionable

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1. proverbialadjective

   of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

   "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"

   Antonyms:
   unknown

2. proverbialadjective

   widely known and spoken of

   "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

   Antonyms:
   unknown

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1. List of paraphrases for "proverbial":

   legendary, famous

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1. Nicole Antonopoulos:

   Los Angeles was Los Angeles, in a nutshell, the state preemption threw a huge kink in our efforts towards carbon neutrality. This isn't the first time the state has preempted things that have made us go back to the proverbial drawing table and figure out how we get creative and innovative in a space where we don't have funding.

2. Quincy Krosby:

   The anxiety over the Fed meeting has abated for now, with the Fed using that word 'patient', you had the beginning of the proverbial Santa Claus rally.

3. Bryan benjamin nicholls:

   to men and women alike your age just a number if you love the person for who they are what they are and respect there beliefs and accept them for who they are you love them in short love is all you need in a relationship and throw your age out the proverbial window.

4. Pavel Molchanov:

   Oil and gas companies do not want to drill more, they are under pressure from the financial community to pay more dividends, to do more share buybacks, instead of the proverbial 'drill baby drill,' which is the way they would have done things 10 years ago. Corporate strategy has fundamentally changed.

5. Nazareno Paolocci:

   BDNF deficiency may not cause full-blown disease, but it could be the proverbial straw that leads to a 'broken heart,'.