catch phrase

1. 1.

   a phrase that has become a catchword

   Synonymscatchphrase

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Questions about catch phrase

What does catch phrase mean?

catch phrase means "a phrase that has become a catchword".

What is another word for catch phrase?

Close synonyms include catchphrase. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catch phrase a common word?

catch phrase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.