Phrase
Phrase noun - A sequence of words having a specific meaning.
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Synonyms for Phrase
Silence
Silence noun - Incapacity for or restraint from speaking.
How words are described
| long | long phrase | long silence |
| usual | usual phrase | usual silence |
| brief | brief phrase | brief silence |
| short | short phrase | short silence |
| Other adjectives: simple, actual, real, ominous, next. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Similarly, Sailor Saturn has an attack called "Silent Wall." Her planet is called the planet of silence, but she initiates her attack by screaming the phrase.
- Imagine Dragons' second EP bore the title Hell and Silence, after a phrase sung during the bridge of the last track, "Emma".
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The Doctor flashes back to the phrase "Silence will fall" said by Prisoner Zero in "The Eleventh Hour" as well as the appearance of the control room in "The Lodger".
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Silence and Phrase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/phrase/silence
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