idiomatic expression

Questions about idiomatic expression

What is another word for idiomatic expression?

It depends which idiomatic expression you mean. In the sense “an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up”, the synonyms are idiom, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of idiomatic expression?

WordNet records no antonym for idiomatic expression. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for idiomatic expression come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of idiomatic expression

• Full entry for idiomatic expressionAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for idiomatic expressionWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.