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Antonyms for turn of phrase
| Grammar : Noun |
Definition of turn of phrase
- As in style : noun way of speaking, writing, expressing oneself
- As in terminology : noun wording
- As in wording : noun way of expressing a thought
- As in phrasing : noun wording
- As in verbalism : noun wording
- As in verbalization : noun expression
- As in vocalization : noun expression
- As in expression : noun verbalization
- As in figure of speech : noun turn of expression
Synonyms for turn of phrase
- adumbration
- allegory
- alliteration
- allusion
- analogue
- analogy
- anaphora
- announcement
- anticlimax
- antistrophe
- antithesis
- aposiopesis
- apostrophe
- argument
- articulation
- assertion
- asseveration
- asyndeton
- bathos
- choice of words
- commentary
- communication
- communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device
- comparison
- conceit
- declaration
- definition
- delivery
- device
- diction
- echoism
- ellipsis
- elucidation
- emphasis
- enunciation
- euphemism
- euphuism
- exaggeration
- execution
- explanation
- exposition
- expression
- flourish
- flower
- formulation
- hyperbole
- idiom
- image
- imagery
- interpretation
- intonation
- irony
- issue
- jargon
- language
- lingo
- litotes
- locution
- malapropism
- manner
- manner of speaking
- mention
- metaphor
- metonymy
- mode
- mode of expression
- narration
- nomenclature
- onomastics
- onomatopoeia
- ornament
- oxymoron
- parable
- paradox
- parallel
- parlance
- personification
- phrase
- phraseology
- phrasing
- pronouncement
- proteron
- remark
- rendition
- rhetoric
- sarcasm
- satire
- set phrase
- simile
- speaking
- speech
- statement
- style
- synecdoche
- term
- terminology
- treatment
- trope
- tropology
- turn of phrase
- understatement
- utterance
- vein
- vent
- verbalism
- verbalization
- vocabulary
- vocalization
- voice
- voicing
- way of speaking
- word
- wordage
- wording
- words
- writ
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