Phrase
Phrase verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Usage example: he had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary
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Synonyms for Phrase
State and phrase are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a verb "Phrase".
State
State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Usage example: please state the vehicle's mechanical problem as clearly and briefly as possible
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good phrase | good state |
| similar | similar phrase | similar state |
| normal | normal phrase | normal state |
| usual | usual phrase | usual state |
| Other adjectives: right, original, single, entire, bad, final, next, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- And, if the phrase isn't uttered again within a week, they stay in that state, until they kill said handler.
Source: Trigger Phrase - Prior to the Civil War, the state identity actually often superseded the "US-ian" identity, as evidenced by the phrase these United States are, instead of the post 1865 The United States is.
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In Mexico many people tend to finish any phrase with Chihuahua, the name of a Mexican state, when not intending to use the real word: chingar, which is used as "fuck".
Source: Gosh Dang It to Heck!
Cite this Source
State and Phrase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/phrase/state
Phrase & State. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/phrase/state>.
State or Phrase. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/phrase/state.
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