locution

Noun

Meaning

Speech or discourse; a phrase; a form or mode of expression.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

saying expression language name word term style speech phrase talk dialect pronunciation clause designation formulation
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Antonyms

standard word sense literature ease quiet
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Hypernyms

language speech oral communication speech communication spoken communication voice communication

Hyponyms

beatitude maxim saw axiom epigram quip

Related terms

soliloquy colloquial eloquent colloquium interlocutor grandiloquent

Examples

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Close letter words and terms

Locustidae locustlike locute locutionary locutive locutor