word

n.

1. A unit of expression

   term, name, expression, designation, concept, vocable, utterance, sound, a voicing, form of speech, speech, locution, free morpheme, morpheme word, lexeme.

   Classes of words include: common noun, proper noun, personal pronoun, possessive pronoun, demonstrative pronoun, relative pronoun, interrogative pronoun, indefinite pronoun, definite article, indefinite article, transitive verb, intransitive verb, phrasal verb, descriptive adjective, quantitative adjective, participial adjective, adverb, coordinating conjunction, subordinate conjunction, relative conjunction, interjection, gerund, preposition, modifier, subject, predicate, loan word, root, primitive word, parent word, source word, etymon, synonym, antonym, cognative word, analogous word, derivative, slang, colloquialism, jargon, slang word, vulgarism, four-letter word*, dialect word, provincialism, translation, native word, foreign word, idiom, connotative word, denotative word, acronym, eponym.

2. Promise

   pledge, commitment, oath, word of honor; see declaration 2, promise.

3. Tidings

   report, news, information, advice, message, intelligence, announcement, account.

4. A brief discourse

   talk, introduction, statement; see speech 3.

a good word

be as good as one's word

by word of mouth

hang on someone's words

have words with

in so many words

man<strong> or </strong>woman of his<strong> or </strong>her word

take at one's word

the word*

Word

n.