The name Cleopatra has become a byword for a beautiful woman.
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Byword
//ˈbaɪ.wɚd//
Synonyms for "byword" (128 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (64)
monikermonkeymoralmotmottomugnamenamesakenicknamenomennomen nudumoracleparablepet expressionphrasepithy sayingpreceptprescriptproper nameproper noun
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Translations
33 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- погово́рка noun (a proverb)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 格言 noun (a proverb)
- 民諺 /民谚 noun (a proverb)
Danish
2 entries- ordsprog noun (a proverb)
- talemåde noun (a proverb)
Dutch
2 entries- spotnaam noun (someone who stands for something else)
- spreekwoord noun (a proverb)
Estonian
2 entries- isiksus noun (someone who stands for something else)
- vanasõna noun (a proverb)
French
1 entries- proverbe noun (a proverb)
German
1 entries- Sprichwort noun (a proverb)
Icelandic
2 entries- málsháttur noun (a proverb)
- máltæki noun (a proverb)
Italian
1 entries- proverbio noun (a proverb)
Japanese
2 entries- ことわざ noun (a proverb)
- 諺 noun (a proverb)
Korean
1 entries- 속담 noun (a proverb)
Macedonian
1 entries- шлагворт noun (a proverb)
Middle English
1 entries- byword noun (a proverb)
Māori
2 entries- mūrau noun (someone who stands for something else)
- pepeha noun (a proverb)
Polish
2 entries- dewiza noun (a proverb)
- ucieleśnienie noun (someone who stands for something else)
Portuguese
1 entries- dito noun (a proverb)
Russian
4 entries- олицетворение noun (someone who stands for something else)
- погово́рка noun (a proverb)
- при́тча во язы́цех noun (a proverb)
- прибау́тка noun (a proverb)
Spanish
3 entries- estribillo noun (a proverb)
- proverbio noun (a proverb)
- refrán noun (a proverb)
Swedish
2 entries- ordspråk noun (a proverb)
- ordstäv noun (a proverb)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.
Source: tatoeba (11206080)
Illustrious unfortunates attract a wider sympathy, not because their griefs are more intense, but because, being set on lofty pedestals, they the better serve mankind as instances and bywords of calamity.
Source: wiktionary
He hath made me also a byword of the people […]
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