Thesaurus:phrase

Thesaurus

phrase

English

Noun

Sense: word or group of words that functions as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence

Synonyms

• phrase
• locution
• expression

Hypernyms

• linguistic unit    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• noun phrase
• adjective phrase
• adverbial phrase
• prepositional phrase
• set phrase

Meronyms

• word    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “566. phrase” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “phrase” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.