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synonyms for proverbial

  • accepted
  • acknowledged
  • archetypal
  • axiomatic
  • current
  • customary
  • famed
  • familiar
  • famous
  • general
  • legendary
  • notorious
  • self-evident
  • time-honored
  • typical
  • unquestioned
  • well-known

antonyms for proverbial

MOST RELEVANT
  • abnormal
  • atypical
  • different
  • unconventional
  • unknown
  • untraditional
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Over shorter distances, a wheelchair is held back by just how slow it is to get out of the proverbial gate.
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In their return to work plans, many companies are trying to “replace this thing that was lost” — such as talks around the proverbial watercooler that could lead to good ideas.
EMPLOYEES PRAISED FOR PANDEMIC PRODUCTIVITY QUESTION NEW PRESSURES TO RETURN TO THE OFFICESARA GUAGLIONEAUGUST 17, 2021DIGIDAY
Like the proverbial whack-a-mole, the Olympic sex test keeps coming back—with disastrous effects for women athletes across the globe—no matter how many times athletes and human rights’ advocates think they have abolished it.
SEX TESTING AT THE OLYMPICS HAS ALWAYS BEEN WRONGBRUCE KIDDJULY 17, 2021QUARTZ
The proverbial fork in the road is between functionality for online businesses versus experience for website visitors.
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On Thursday afternoon, as we sat down to record this podcast, a proverbial grenade was lobbed into our virtual podcast studio in the form of this letter.
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On the other side are those who see talking to the media as a vital aspect of professional sports and worry that freeing a player from her press obligations would uneven the proverbial playing field for other athletes in the tournament.
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Scott Brooks threw open the doors to the proverbial toolshed Saturday night at Capital One Arena.
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Not only does it create dependency, but it leads to the cultivation of a fragile marketing ecosystem in which one pest can wipe out the proverbial crop.
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On the show this week, hosts Scott Lewis and Sara Libby do a proverbial drive-by of the race to catch up on the latest antics and unleash some California bear trivia you’ll want to hear.
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Statistical thresholds make the difference between a meaningful result published in prestigious journals like Nature or Science, and a null result shoved into the proverbial file drawer.
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WORDS RELATED TO PROVERBIAL

  • absolute
  • accepted
  • aphoristic
  • apothegmatic
  • assumed
  • certain
  • fundamental
  • given
  • indubitable
  • manifest
  • obvious
  • presupposed
  • proverbial
  • self-evident
  • unquestioned
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.