The name Cleopatra has become a byword for a beautiful woman.
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Byword
/ˈbaɪ.wɚd/
Synonyms for "byword" (129 found)
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adageanaanalectsaphorismapophthegmapothegmappellationappellativeaxiombinomenbinomial nameburning shamebuttbynamebyword of reproachcatch phrasecatchwordclichecognomencollected sayings
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Strong matches (39)
derisiondesignationdictatedictumdirty shamedisgracedistichdupeempty titleepigramepitheteponymeuonymexpressionfad wordfair gamefigure of funfoolgamegazingstock
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gnomegoatgolden sayinghandlehonorifichumiliationhyponymjestjestingstockjokelabellaughingstocklow-down dirty shamemaximmockerymoniker
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monkeymoralmotmottomugnamenamesakenicknamenomennomen nudumoracleparablepet expressionphrasepithy sayingpreceptprescriptproper nameproper nounproverb
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proverbial sayingproverbsreproachsawsayingscandalscientific namesecret namesentencesententious expressionshameshibbolethsloganslokasobriquetstockstock sayingstylesutratagtargettautonymteachingtexttitletoytrinomentrinomial nameversevictimvogue wordwatchwordwisdomwisdom literaturewise sayingwitticismwordwords of wisdom
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Timbuktu's name has become a byword of remoteness.
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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.
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He hath made me also a byword of the people […]
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