Synonyms of idiom

idiom

noun

ˈi-dē-əm 

as in phrase

a sequence of words having a specific meaning

the English idiom "how are you doing?" is our version of a greeting that in some other languages can be translated as "how are you going?"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• phrase
• term
• slogan
• motto
• expression
• figure of speech
• cliche
• epithet
• cliché
• colloquialism
• locution
• expletive
• euphemism
• modernism
• shibboleth
• archaism
• neologism
• name
• byword
• watchword
• provincialism
• vulgarism
• cry

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of idiom

The idiom presumes that journalists will pursue fieldwork so energetically as to wear out their shoes. —W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024

Did anyone, for example, do a deep dive into Canadian idioms. —Carol Besler, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2024

These frameworks are further brought into direct contact in both productive and critical ways through the rearranging, remixing, and reordering of transcultural and transhistorical visual idioms, as in Lauren Halsey’s utopian-inspired architectural artwork keepers of the krown, 2024. —Sara Raza, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024

Popular on Variety This blurring of genres serves a higher purpose, causing the storyline itself to blur in its distinctions between fairytales, mythology and American idiom. —Katarina Docalovich, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024