slogan
[noun]
Synonyms: catch phrase, catchword, motto

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Related Words: expression, idiom, locution

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English Thesaurus: phrase, expression, idiom, cliché, saying/proverb, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

slo‧gan /ˈsləʊɡən $ ˈsloʊ-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Scottish Gaelic; Origin: sluagh-ghairm 'army cry']
a short phrase that is easy to remember and is used in advertisements, or by politicians, organizations etc ⇒ catchphrase:
an advertising slogan
demonstrators shouting political slogans
the Democrats’ campaign slogan

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

slogan
noun
ADJ. catchy, snappy | popular | empty The ‘freedom to learn’ has become just another one of the government's empty slogans.
anti-government, anti-war, etc. | advertising | campaign, election, political
VERB + SLOGAN coin, come up with, invent | adopt (sth as), have (sth as), use (sth as) | chant, shout | bear a T-shirt bearing the slogan ‘I Flirt, Therefore I Am’
PREP. on the ~ They fought the election on the slogan ‘The time has come’.
under a/the ~ protesting under the slogan ‘When women stop, everything stops’

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

slogan

a campaign/election slogan
His campaign slogan was ‘Peace, stability and prosperity’.
a political slogan
The walls had political slogans daubed on them.
an advertising slogan
The company has dropped its original advertising slogan.
a catchy slogan (=one that is easily remembered)
The Liberal Democrats were searching for a more catchy slogan.
a snappy slogan (=one that is short and effective)
They’ve come up with a good, snappy slogan for the product.
an empty slogan (=a slogan that promises something which is not actually done)
We want real progress, not just empty slogans.
shout slogans
Five youths were arrested after shouting anti-government slogans.
chant slogans (=repeat slogans in a regular way)
Dozens of demonstrators waved banners and chanted slogans.
bear a slogan (=have a slogan printed on something)
a badge bearing a campaign slogan

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

phrase a group of words that have a particular meaning when used together, or which someone uses on a particular occasion:
What was the phrase he used to describe her?
I’ve never heard of the phrase before.
The President often used the phrase ‘War on terror’.
expression a fixed phrase which is used in a language and has a particular meaning:
a colloquial expression (=an informal expression used in everyday spoken language)
The old-fashioned expression ‘in the family way’ means pregnant.
a common English expression
I was absolutely knackered, if you’ll pardon the expression (=used when you think someone might be offended by the words you have used).
idiom a group of words that has a special meaning which you cannot guess from the meanings of each separate word:
‘Under the weather’ is an idiom which means ‘ill’.
cliché a phrase that is boring and no longer original because people use it a lot:
The phrase ‘at the end of the day’ has become a real cliché.
There is some truth in the old cliché that time is a great healer.
saying/proverb a well-known phrase that gives advice about life:
Do you know the saying ‘A problem shared is a problem halved’?
There is an old Chinese proverb which states ‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step’.
slogan a short phrase that is easy to remember, especially one that is used in advertising:
advertising slogans
Protesters were shouting anti-government slogans.
motto a phrase that expresses a person’s or organization’s beliefs and aims:
The school motto was ‘Truth and Honour’.

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