All turn of phrase synonyms

noun turn of phrase

• idiolect — The speech habits peculiar to a particular person.
• idiom — an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
• echoism — onomatopoeia.
• asyndeton — the omission of a conjunction between the parts of a sentence
• expression — The process of making known one's thoughts or feelings.
• wordage — words collectively.
• anaphora — the use of a word such as a pronoun that has the same reference as a word previously used in the same discourse. In the sentence John wrote the essay in the library but Peter did it at home, both did and it are examples of anaphora
• figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
• antistrophe — the second of two movements made by a chorus during the performance of a choral ode
• litotes — understatement, especially that in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary, as in “not bad at all.”.
• alliteration — Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
• wording — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• onomastics — the study of the origin, history, and use of proper names.
• aposiopesis — the device of suddenly breaking off in the middle of a sentence as if unwilling to continue
• metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• formulation — to express in precise form; state definitely or systematically: He finds it extremely difficult to formulate his new theory.
• metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
• onomatopoeia — the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
• malapropism — an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
• adumbration — to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch.
• apostrophe — An apostrophe is the mark ' when it is written to indicate that one or more letters have been left out of a word, as in 'isn't' and 'we'll'. It is also added to nouns to form possessives, as in 'Mike's car'.
• ellipsis — The omission from speech or writing of a word or words that are superfluous or able to be understood from contextual clues.
• anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.