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Proverbial
Synonyms for "proverbial" (50 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
Related word relations
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derived
10 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- общоизвестен adj (widely known; famous)
- пословичен adj (of a proverb)
Czech
1 entries- příslovečný adj (of a proverb)
Danish
1 entries- almenkendt adj (widely known; famous)
Esperanto
2 entries- proverba adj (of a proverb)
- proverba adj (widely known; famous)
Finnish
4 entries- kuuluisa adj (widely known; famous)
- maankuulu adj (widely known; famous)
- sananlaskumainen adj (of a proverb)
- tunnettu adj (widely known; famous)
French
2 entries- proverbial adj (of a proverb)
- proverbial adj (widely known; famous)
German
3 entries- proverbial adj (of a proverb)
- sprichwörtlich adj (of a proverb)
- sprichwörtlich adj (widely known; famous)
Greek
2 entries- παροιμιακός adj (of a proverb)
- παροιμιώδης adj (widely known; famous)
Italian
2 entries- proverbiale adj (of a proverb)
- proverbiale adj (widely known; famous)
Latin
1 entries- prōverbiālis adj (of a proverb)
Portuguese
2 entries- proverbial adj (of a proverb)
- proverbial adj (widely known; famous)
Russian
4 entries- общеизве́стный adj (widely known; famous)
- посло́вичный adj (of a proverb)
- преслову́тый adj (widely known; famous)
- провербиа́льный adj (of a proverb)
Spanish
2 entries- proverbial adj (of a proverb)
- proverbial adj (widely known; famous)
Swedish
1 entries- allmänt känd adj (widely known; famous)
Ukrainian
1 entries- провербіа́льний adj (of a proverb)
Welsh
1 entries- diarhebol adj (of a proverb)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
Trump thinks he's the proverbial 800-pound gorilla.
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Yanni's loud music was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.
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Although the proverbial fountain of youth does not exist, research in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that a youthful old age is possible if one remains fit and active.
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