motto
motto is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A sentence, phrase, or word, prefixed to an essay, discourse, chapter, canto, or the like, suggestive of its subject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... "Serve God, and be cheerful." Addison.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adage
- admitted
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- arrange
- assumption
- axiom
- axiomatic
- belief
- byword
- call
- card
- circumlocution
- clothe
- common
- commonplace
- conclusion
- couch
- denominate
- designate
- dictum
- dub
- express
- expression
- fact
- faith
- figure
- find
- first
- formula
- give
- gnomic
- golden
- good
- idea
- idiom
- idiomatic
- idiotism
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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