vocable
vocable 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 word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning. Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. Carlyle.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- artillery
- concordance
- conjugate
- delectus
- derivation
- derivative
- dictionary
- etymology
- etymon
- exactly
- glossary
- glossographer
- glossology
- gradus
- grammar
- index
- lexicography
- lexicologist
- lexicon
- literal
- name
- nominal
- orismology
- paleology
- paronymous
- part
- philology
- phrase
- root
- scholar
- speech
- term
- terminology
- the
- thesaurus
- titular
- verbal
- verbally
- verbarian
- verbatim
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is vocable.
Sources
- 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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