idiom

/ˈɪdiəm/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
2. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
   “the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of English”
3. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
   “an imaginative orchestral idiom”
4. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

Synonyms for idiom

• parlance
• dialect
• accent
• artistic style
• idiomatic expression
• phrasal idiom
• set phrase
• phrase

Words that rhyme with idiom

• iridium
• presidium
• chriptosporidium
• cryptosporidium
• nephridium