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synonyms for byword

  • adage
  • aphorism
  • apophthegm
  • axiom
  • catchphrase
  • catchword
  • dictum
  • epithet
  • gnome
  • handle
  • maxim
  • motto
  • nickname
  • precept
  • proverb
  • saw
  • shibboleth
  • slogan
  • gnomic saying
  • standing joke
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Columbine became a byword for a distinctly American form of danger and, in the law-enforcement world, the need for immediate efforts to confront active shooters.
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Friedman said “caution has been a byword” in his long handling of the case but it was time for Hinckley to be set free.
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Flying cars are almost a byword for the misplaced optimism of technologists, but recent news suggests their future may be on slightly firmer footing.
WHY FLYING CARS COULD BE HERE WITHIN THE DECADEEDD GENTJUNE 21, 2021SINGULARITY HUB 
Robinhood, the brokerage that has become a byword for the boom in retail trading, is planning to go public.
WHY ROBINHOOD IS KEEPING ITS IPO FILING CONFIDENTIALJOHN DETRIXHEMARCH 24, 2021QUARTZ
Soon their sweeping machine was outselling their cups and saucers and Bissell became a byword for floor cleaners—by royal appointment too!
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But he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "Explosive as Garnache."
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI
For years the names of oil king and iron master have been a hissing and a byword among the hot-heads in America.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVIS
A prince may be the byword of all Europe, yet he alone know nothing of it.
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And besides, when folk talk of a country covered with troops, it's but a kind of a byword at the best.
KIDNAPPEDROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Had not the justice of the strong become a byword and a loathing?
THE SQUIRE'S DAUGHTERSILAS K(ITTO) HOCKING
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WORDS RELATED TO BYWORD

  • aphorism
  • apothegm
  • axiom
  • byword
  • dictum
  • maxim
  • motto
  • precept
  • saw
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.