SAYING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations
   Synonym(s)
   • expression (what does expression mean?)
   • locution (what does locution mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • pardon the expression
   Hypernyms(s) saying is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • speech (what does speech mean?)
   • speech communication (what does speech communication mean?)
   • spoken communication (what does spoken communication mean?)
   • spoken language (what does spoken language mean?)
   • language (what does language mean?)
   • voice communication (what does voice communication mean?)
   • oral communication (what does oral communication mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Beatitude (what does Beatitude mean?)
   • logion (what does logion mean?)
   • calque (what does calque mean?)
   • loan translation (what does loan translation mean?)
   • advice and consent (what does advice and consent mean?)
   • ambiguity (what does ambiguity mean?)
   • euphemism (what does euphemism mean?)
   • dysphemism (what does dysphemism mean?)
   • shucks (what does shucks mean?)
   • tongue twister (what does tongue twister mean?)
   • anatomical reference (what does anatomical reference mean?)
   • anatomical (what does anatomical mean?)
   • southernism (what does southernism mean?)
   • motto (what does motto mean?)
   • slogan (what does slogan mean?)
   • catchword (what does catchword mean?)
   • shibboleth (what does shibboleth mean?)
   • maxim (what does maxim mean?)
   • axiom (what does axiom mean?)
   • epigram (what does epigram mean?)
   • quip (what does quip mean?)
   • proverb (what does proverb mean?)
   • adage (what does adage mean?)
   • saw (what does saw mean?)
   • byword (what does byword mean?)
   • idiom (what does idiom mean?)
   • idiomatic expression (what does idiomatic expression mean?)
   • phrasal idiom (what does phrasal idiom mean?)
   • set phrase (what does set phrase mean?)
   • phrase (what does phrase mean?)
   • agrapha (what does agrapha mean?)
   • sumpsimus (what does sumpsimus mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • say (what does say mean?)