Thesaurus: idiom

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1. n. The syntactical or structural form peculiar to any language; the genius or cast of a language.
2. n. An expression conforming or appropriate to the peculiar structural form of a language; in extend use, an expression sanctioned by usage, having a sense peculiar to itself and not agreeing with the logical sense of its structural form; also, the phrase forms peculiar to a particular author.
3. n. Dialect; a variant form of a language.
4. n. a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language
5. n. the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people
6. n. the style of a particular artist or school or movement
7. n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up
8. Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expressionpeculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomaticphrase.-- Id`i*o*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
9. n:100 n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up