phrase

/fɹˈeɪz/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence
2. a short musical passage
3. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
4. dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence

verb

1. put into words or an expression
   “He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees”
2. divide, combine, or mark into phrases
   “phrase a musical passage”

Synonyms for phrase

• musical phrase
• idiom
• idiomatic expression
• phrasal idiom
• set phrase
• give voice
• formulate
• word
• articulate

Words that rhyme with phrase

• raise
• blaze
• glaze
• graze
• phase
• always
• craze
• sideways
• ablaze
• daze
• haze
• blase
• praise
• amaze
• appraise
• chaise
• edgeways
• gaze
• lengthways
• maize
• maze
• nowadays
• paraphrase
• anyways
• baize
• braise
• dais
• days
• faze
• kinase