expression
Noun
- the feelings expressed on a person’s face; “a sad expression”; “a look of triumph”; “an angry face”
- Synonyms
- look
- aspect
- facial expression
- face
- Less specific
- More specific
- leer
- sparkle
- twinkle
- spark
- light
- Related
- look
- appear
- seem
- look
- look
- expression without words; “tears are an expression of grief”; “the pulse is a reflection of the heart’s condition”
- Synonyms
- manifestation
- reflection
- reflexion
- Less specific
- More specific
- lamentation
- mourning
- act
- effusion
- gush
- outburst
- blowup
- ebullition
- Related
- attest
- certify
- manifest
- demonstrate
- evidence
- the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; “expressions of good will”; “he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas”; “the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours”
- Synonyms
- verbal expression
- verbalism
- Less specific
- communication
- communicating
- More specific
- articulation
- voice
- cold turkey
- congratulation
- felicitation
- Related
- express
- verbalize
- verbalise
- utter
- give tongue to
- a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations; “pardon the expression”
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- speech
- speech communication
- spoken communication
- spoken language
- language
- voice communication
- oral communication
- More specific
- Beatitude
- logion
- calque
- calque formation
- loan translation
- advice and consent
- ambiguity
- euphemism
- dysphemism
- shucks
- tongue twister
- anatomical reference
- anatomical
- southernism
- motto
- slogan
- catchword
- shibboleth
- maxim
- axiom
- epigram
- quip
- proverb
- adage
- saw
- byword
- idiom
- idiomatic expression
- phrasal idiom
- set phrase
- phrase
- agrapha
- sumpsimus
- Related
- the style of expressing yourself; “he suggested a better formulation”; “his manner of expression showed how much he cared”
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- More specific
- sentimentalism
- honorific
- archaism
- archaicism
- boilerplate
- colloquialism
- parlance
- idiom
- Americanism
- Anglicism
- Briticism
- Britishism
- wording
- diction
- phrasing
- phraseology
- choice of words
- verbiage
- Related
- give voice
- formulate
- word
- phrase
- articulate
- a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement
- Synonyms
- Less specific
- More specific
- sentential function
- primitive
- exponential expression
- Related
- Topic Members
- (genetics) the process of expressing a gene
- Less specific
- organic process
- biological process
- Related
- Topic Members
- a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; “I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner”
- Synonyms
- construction
- grammatical construction
- Antonyms
- Less specific
- constituent
- grammatical constituent
- More specific
- adjunct
- clause
- complement
- involution
- phrase
- predicator
- the act of forcing something out by squeezing or pressing; “the expression of milk from her breast”
- Less specific
- Related
- press out
- express
- extract