Proverb

Noun

 * 1) A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.

Synonyms

 * adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, byspel, saying, sententia

Derived terms

 * proverbial


 * proverbiology


 * proverbs hunt in pairs

Adjectives for Proverb
enigmatical; prudential;  silly;   ungracious; bold; quaint; untruthful; well-worn. notable.

Verbs for Proverb
apply—; comprehend—; condense into—; contract into—; formulate—;  frame—; jewel with—s; memorize—; recall—; refute—; value—; —directs; —embodies; —impresses; —instructs; —moralizes; — prescribes; —sparkles; —teaches; —warns.

Thesaurus
adage, ana, analects, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, axiom, bromide, byword, catchword, cliche, coin a phrase, collected sayings, commonplace, current saying, dictate, dictum, distich, epigram, expression, gnome, golden saying, homily, maxim, moral, mot, motto, oracle, phrase, pithy saying, platitude, precept, prescript, proverbial saying, proverbs, saw, saying, sentence, sententious expression, sloka, stock saying, sutra, teaching, text, truism, verse, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom

Translations

 * Arabic: (máθal),  (ħíkma)
 * Armenian:, ասացվածք
 * Catalan: proverbi, dita, refrany, parèmia
 * Chinese: 箴言 (zhēnyán), 谚语 (yànyǔ)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German: Sprichwort, Denkspruch
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: लोकोक्ति
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido: proverbo
 * Indonesian: pribahasa
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 諺 (ことわざ kotowaza), 格言 (かくげん kakugen)
 * Korean: 속담 (sokdam)
 * Latin: sententia, proverbium
 * Latvian: sakãmvards, sakāmvārds
 * Latin: sententia, proverbium
 * Latvian: sakãmvards, sakāmvārds


 * Lithuanian: patarlė
 * Low Saxon: Snacks
 * Luxembourgish: Sprachwuert
 * Macedonian:, ,
 * Malay: peribahasa
 * Maori: rārangi whakataukī
 * Mongolian: зүйр цэцэн үг
 * Norwegian:
 * Ossetian: æмбисонд
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: proverb, proverbe
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: spiket, pükedavöd
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: שפּריכוואָרט (shprikhvort), וועלצווערטל (veltsvertl)
 * Yiddish: שפּריכוואָרט (shprikhvort), וועלצווערטל (veltsvertl)

Noun

 * 1) saying (proverb or maxim)