'Motto' definitions:
Definition of 'motto'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Motto'
From: GCIDE
- Motto \Mot"to\, n.; pl. Mottoes. [It. motto a word, a saying, L. muttum a mutter, a grunt, cf. muttire, mutire, to mutter, mumble; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Mot a word.]
- 1. (Her.) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievment. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, . . . "Serve God, and be cheerful." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'motto'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achievement,
- adage,
- alerion,
- ana,
- analects,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- aphorism,
- apophthegm,
- apothegm,
- argent,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- axiom,
- azure,
- bandeau,
- banner,
- banner head,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- battle cry,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bordure,
- broad arrow,
- byword,
- cadency mark,
- canton,
- caption,
- catchword,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- coat of arms,
- cockatrice,
- collected sayings,
- coronet,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- cry,
- current saying,
- device,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- difference,
- differencing,
- distich,
- drop head,
- dropline,
- eagle,
- epigram,
- epigraph,
- epithet,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- expression,
- falcon,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- flanch,
- fleur-de-lis,
- fret,
- fur,
- fusil,
- garland,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- griffin,
- guide,
- gules,
- gyron,
- hanger,
- hatchment,
- head,
- heading,
- headline,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- inescutcheon,
- inscription,
- jump head,
- label,
- legend,
- lion,
- lozenge,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- maxim,
- metal,
- moral,
- mot,
- mullet,
- nombril point,
- octofoil,
- or,
- oracle,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- overline,
- pale,
- paly,
- pean,
- pheon,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- precept,
- prescript,
- principle,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- purpure,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- rallying cry,
- rose,
- rubric,
- rule,
- running head,
- running title,
- sable,
- saltire,
- saw,
- saying,
- scarehead,
- screamer,
- scutcheon,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- shibboleth,
- shield,
- slogan,
- sloka,
- spread,
- spread eagle,
- spreadhead,
- stock saying,
- streamer,
- subhead,
- subheading,
- subordinary,
- subtitle,
- superscription,
- sutra,
- tag line,
- teaching,
- tenne,
- text,
- tincture,
- title,
- title page,
- torse,
- tressure,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- verse,
- vert,
- war cry,
- watchword,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- witticism,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- wreath,
- yale