'Watchword' definitions:
Definition of 'watchword'
From: WordNet
noun
A slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms"; "our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry, rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword]
noun
A secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; "he forgot the password" [syn: password, watchword, word, parole, countersign]
Definition of 'Watchword'
From: GCIDE
- Watchword \Watch"word`\, n.
- 1. A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sentiment or motto; esp., one used as a rallying cry or a signal for action. [1913 Webster]
- Nor deal in watchwords overmuch. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'watchword'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bugle call,
- byword,
- call to arms,
- call-up,
- catchword,
- clarion,
- clarion call,
- conscription,
- countersign,
- device,
- epigraph,
- epithet,
- exhortation,
- go for broke,
- gung ho,
- inscription,
- levy,
- mobilization,
- motto,
- muster,
- open sesame,
- password,
- phrase,
- rally,
- rallying cry,
- rebel yell,
- recruitment,
- secret grip,
- shibboleth,
- slogan,
- tag line,
- tessera,
- token,
- trumpet call,
- war cry,
- war whoop,
- word