Adages Synonyms

A condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. proverbs
  2. sayings
  3. saws
  4. maxims
  5. mottos
  6. bywords
  7. witticisms
  8. wisecracks
  9. aphorisms
  10. quips
  11. precepts
  12. phrases
  13. homilies
  14. epithets
  15. dictums
  16. catchwords
  17. bromides
  18. bons mots
  19. axioms
A saying that sets forth a general truth and that has gained credit through long use.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sayings

Adages Sentence Examples

  • As the old adages go, learning takes time and practice makes perfect.

  • By his published works, his Colloquies, his Adages and his Apophthegms, he was the educator of the nations of Europe.

  • The volume of 1500 had been jejune, written when he knew nothing of Greek; Boo adages put together with scanty elucidations.

  • Don Enrique de Villena took from Les Prouesses his prose Los Doze Trabajos de Hercules (Zamora, 1483 and 1499), and Fernandez de Heredia wrote Trabajos y afanes de Hercules (Madrid, 1682), which belies its title, being a collection of adages and allegories.

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