Synonyms for motto

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mot-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɒt oʊ

Top 10 synonyms for motto

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Définition of motto

Origin : 1580s, from Italian motto "a saying, legend attached to a heraldic design," from Late Latin muttum "grunt, word," from Latin muttire "to mutter, mumble, murmur" (see mutter).

noun saying, slogan

Example sentences :

"De Lawd will provide" was her motto, and He never failed her.
Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford

But the debellare superbos should be my motto, were I to have a new one.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

You'd better bring out that motto and hang it up where they can see it.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Nil admirari is the motto of the Man of Taste in Building, where he is naturally at home.
Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson

Mother's motto is that one more or less never makes any difference.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Some lines of his on the lyre became the motto of an engraving by Bartolozzi.
Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro

His motto was "Go anywhere and everywhere, but catch the thief."
Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis

The motto of his life was “Perseverance,” and well, he acted up to it.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

This club has a seal and a motto: "Beauty lives by kindness."
Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow

I will be worthy of the motto on my coat of arms, "Called and chosen and faithful."
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

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