'Phraseology' definitions:
Definition of 'phraseology'
(from WordNet)
noun
The manner in which something is expressed in words; "use concise military verbiage"- G.S.Patton [syn: wording, diction, phrasing, phraseology, choice of words, verbiage]
Definition of 'Phraseology'
From: GCIDE
- Phraseology \Phra`se*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, phrase + -logy: cf. F. phras['e]ologie.]
- 1. Manner of expression; peculiarity of diction; style. [1913 Webster]
- Most completely national in his . . . phraseology. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A collection of phrases; a phrase book. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Diction; style. See Diction. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'phraseology'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- argot,
- cant,
- choice of words,
- composition,
- dialect,
- diction,
- expression,
- formulation,
- gibberish,
- gobbledygook,
- grammar,
- idiom,
- jargon,
- language,
- langue,
- lexicon,
- lexis,
- lingo,
- lingua,
- locution,
- mumbo jumbo,
- parlance,
- parole,
- patois,
- patter,
- personal usage,
- phrase,
- phrasing,
- rhetoric,
- scatology,
- slang,
- speech,
- stock of words,
- taboo language,
- talk,
- thesaurus,
- tongue,
- usage,
- use of words,
- usus loquendi,
- verbalism,
- verbiage,
- vernacular,
- vocabulary,
- vulgar language,
- wordage,
- wordhoard,
- wording,
- words