Synonyms of phraseology

phraseology

noun

ˌfrā-zē-ˈä-lə-jē 

1

as in manner

a distinctive way of putting ideas into words

I recognized the writer's distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manner
• style
• mode
• tone
• vein
• locution
• fashion
• idiom
• delivery
• address
• expression
• elocution
• connotation
• colloquialism
• archaism
• regionalism
• denotation
• acceptation

2

as in diction

the way in which something is put into words

the unique phraseology of the suspect's answer stuck in my mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• diction
• language
• wording
• formulation
• phrasing
• verbiage
• expression
• phrase
• voice
• speech
• style
• locution
• utterance
• enunciation

Examples of phraseology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

It’s all cloaked in the phraseology of being true to the faith. —Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022

If a creator doesn’t respond, or doesn’t respond fast enough, he or she is labeled a gatekeeper (for those not fluent in TikTok phraseology, this is not a compliment). —Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2023

To commission a gravestone in proper Roman style, with good syntax and phraseology, was proof that her family had ‘made it’ in Londinium. —Rachel Ashcroft, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2022

This happens when speakers use local phraseology and native jokes. —Roman Kumar Vyas, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022