Euphemisms

Synonyms for "euphemisms" (6 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
ideological maskingmild expression

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)
polite term

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
political glosssoftening devicesoftening term

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

4 relation types

More general

5 entries
figure of speechlinguistic devicelinguistic phenomenonpragmatic featurerhetorical strategy

More specific

6 entries
administrative euphemismbureaucratic euphemismcorporate euphemismdeath euphemismpolitical euphemismreligious euphemism

Collocations

6 entries
bureaucratic euphemismdeath euphemismeuphemistic languagepolitical euphemismracial euphemismreligious euphemism

Derivations

6 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Even nudists often use euphemisms when referring to naughty parts.

Source: tatoeba (915197)

Don't use euphemisms - just say he died.

Source: tatoeba (5732524)

Tom uses euphemisms all the time.

Source: tatoeba (9399850)

She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented "place" that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village—appalled by its raw vigor that chafed under the old euphemisms and by the too obtrusive fate that herded its inhabitants along a short-cut from nothing to nothing.

Source: tatoeba (9940547)

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