Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 14 compound words that contain phrases. The most common are listed below. Open phrases in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- catch phrasesplural of catch phrase: A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
- seed phrasesplural of seed phrase: A list of words which stores all the information needed to recover a cryptocurrency wallet.
- noun phrasesplural of noun phrase: A phrase that has a noun (or indefinite pronoun) as its head or performs the same grammatical function as a noun.
- parting phrasesplural of parting phrase: A standard formula to part from a conversation.
- statistically improbable phrasesplural of statistically improbable phrase: A sequence of words, constituting a multiword phrase, occurring exclusively in a certain set of documents, or more commonly in those documents than in wider usage.
- prepositional phrasesplural of prepositional phrase: A phrase containing both a preposition and its object or complement and which may be used as an adjunct or a modifier.
- participial phrasesplural of participial phrase: A group of words functioning as an adjective, beginning with a participle and including any modifiers or complements, that describe a noun or pronoun.
- adpositional phrasesplural of adpositional phrase: A phrase in a syntactic category that includes an adposition as head and usually a complement such as a noun phrase.
- postpositional phrasesplural of postpositional phrase: A phrase where a postposition serves as the head, functioning as an adjectival or adverbial modifier.
- activation phrasesplural of activation phrase: A phrase that triggers a person into doing a specific action upon hearing it. Used to joke about niche internet quotes or memes that may trigger an immediate reaction of some sort. Also known as a trigger …
- buzz-phrasesplural of buzz-phrase: A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.
- empty phrasesplural of empty phrase: An expression that is superficial, lacks depth, or conveys no real meaning, often used to fill space or to avoid direct communication.
- fixed phrasesplural of fixed phrase: An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
- set phrasesplural of set phrase: An established expression whose wording is subject to little or no variation, and which may or may not be idiomatic.
- signal phrasesplural of signal phrase: An indication that something is a paraphrase or direct quote.
- stock phrasesplural of stock phrase: A phrase frequently or habitually used by a person or group, and thus associated with them.
- stop-phrasesplural of stop-phrase: A phrase consisting of one or more words, usually in a series, that is ignored by a search engine.
- verb phrasesplural of verb phrase: A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers.
- filler phrasesplural of filler phrase: Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech.
- tortured phrasesplural of tortured phrase: A nonsensical phrase created by replacing words with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism, typically as a result of "text spinning".
- adjective phrasesplural of adjective phrase: A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it.
- consequent phrasesplural of consequent phrase: the second phrase in a period
- phonological phrasesplural of phonological phrase: A unit of speech that groups together one or more clitic groups.
- antecedent phrasesplural of antecedent phrase: the first phrase in a period
- adverb phrasesplural of adverb phrase Alternate name for adverbial phrases.
Compound words 14
- paraphrasesplural of paraphrase: A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim.
- keyphrasesplural of keyphrase: A phrase used in encryption as a key, like a single keyword (password).
- catchphrasesplural of catchphrase: A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
- passphrasesplural of passphrase: A password that comprises a whole phrase.
- antiphrasesplural of antiphrasis: Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.
- buzzphrasesplural of buzzphrase: A phrase drawn from or imitative of technical jargon, and often rendered meaningless and fashionable through abuse by non-technical persons in a seeming show of familiarity with the subject.
- counterphrasesplural of counterphrase: A musical phrase that complements or responds to another phrase.
- epiphrasesplural of epiphrasis: epexegesis
- holophrasesplural of holophrasis: The use of a single word to convey a complex idea.
- metaphrasesplural of metaphrase: A literal, word-for-word translation.