Thesaurus:saying
English
Noun
Sense: a proverb or maxim; something often said
Synonyms
Hyponyms
Various
- axiom
- banality
- bon mot
- bumper sticker
- buzzword
- catchphrase
- chestnut
- cliché
- collocation
- colloquialism
- dogma
- epithet
- expression
- figure of speech [⇒ thesaurus]
- formula
- gossip [⇒ thesaurus]
- guideline
- idiom
- jingle
- motto
- moral
- mot
- motto
- myth
- old chestnut
- parable
- phrase [⇒ thesaurus]
- pleasantry
- precept
- principle
- quip
- quotation
- quote
- refrain
- remark
- rule [⇒ thesaurus]
- rule of thumb
- sentence
- sermon
- set phrase
- shibboleth
- slogan
- tenet
- theorem [⇒ thesaurus]
- truism
- truth [⇒ thesaurus]
- watchword
- witticism
Adjective
See also
- Thesaurus:hackneyed
- Thesaurus:talkative (adjective)
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 496. Maxim
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 697. Precept
Further reading
- Wiktionary:Roget Thesaurus Classification
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- “496. maxim” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- Section V. Results Of Reasoning
- Division I. Formation of Ideas
- Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
- “saying” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
- "saying" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- "maxim" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
- "proverb" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.