BYWORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does byword mean? 

• BYWORD (noun)
  The noun BYWORD has 1 sense:

1. a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

  Familiarity information: BYWORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BYWORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

adage; byword; proverb; saw

Hypernyms ("byword" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)