proverb

Meanings

Plural: proverbs

Noun

• a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
• A commonly used sentence expressing popular wisdom.
• Any commonly used turn of phrase expressing a metaphor, simile, or descriptive epithet.
• A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.
• A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.
• A drama exemplifying a proverb.

Verb

• To write or utter proverbs.
• To name in, or as, a proverb.
• To provide with a proverb.

Synonyms

adage, byword, saw