Definition of byword in English:

byword

noun ˈbʌɪwəːdˈbaɪˌwərd

1A person or thing cited as a notable and outstanding example or embodiment of something.
his name became a byword for luxury
Example sentencesExamples
- The not-for-profit organisation, which hopes to become a charity within a month or two, started in 1990 with a handful of employees and a brief to reinvent the area, which had become a byword for social deprivation.
- Phrases like ‘puppy farms’ with its connotation of cute and cuddly has changed into a byword for appalling dens of excruciating cruelty.
- By accepting, untested, a story which relied on other people's investigation instead of our own, we had betrayed the very standards which had, at that time, made the paper a byword for integrity.
- This site is becoming the byword for solid, objective commentary on technology companies for the growing number of technology stock investors.
- He is a byword for dedication and once memorably warned a caddie that he opened up and closed the practice range, routinely whacking 500 balls in a day.
- The term ‘cultural safety’ has become such a byword for political correctness that it is often dismissed out of hand.
- For U.S. readers, the galah is a colourful Australian parrot that has become a byword for stupidity because of its suicidal behaviour on some occasions.
- It got the stuffing kicked out of it through much of the 20th century and became a byword for mystical, obscurantist thinking, but in recent decades it has been rehabilitated somewhat.
- The word muti, which derives from ‘umu thi’, meaning tree, has become a byword for any traditional medicine, good or bad, practised by sangomas.
- But, instead, the plucky teenager is an academic high-flier and the life and soul of his school, where his name is a byword for good natured generosity.
- The car company, which lives on despite, and because of, becoming a byword for reliable plodding, was promoting a new range of electric vehicles to council delegates visiting the racecourse yesterday.
- The book, the title of which is now virtually a byword for political fanatics, explored the individual whose inner sense of worthlessness, confusion or rage seeks refuge and validating rebirth within a charismatic mass movement.
- This is the sixteenth book by a woman whose name has become the byword for the authentic account of Irish living in the ‘Forties’ and ‘Fifties’.
- As Shakespeare notes, the place was ‘a byword for remoteness’.
- Pluralism is often attacked as a byword for anarchy; an ‘anything goes' approach to ethics and politics.
- Listening to this week's forecasts of a ‘killer winter’, it seems worth recalling that meteorology has often been a byword for untrustworthy predictions.
- In Edinburgh two years ago, he recognised the effect British rule in India had had in making the sub-continent a byword for electrical excellence, commenting that an expertly-installed fuse box must have been put in by an Indian.
- The former home secretary inherited a department that was a byword for inefficiency and incompetence, and ordered a large scale clear-out of the dead wood.
- The company became a byword for excellence, developing a team-based corporate culture, but by the 1990s, the vast company had become weighed down by bureaucracy.
- Scotland could become an international byword for backwardness, intolerance and prejudice if that's what its elected representatives want.
Synonyms
perfect example of, classic case of, model of, exemplar of, embodiment of, incarnation of, personification of, epitome of, typification of
synonymous with
rare avatar of
1. 1.1 A word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles.
  ‘Small is beautiful’ may be the byword for most couturiers
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘The ‘circumcision from Africa’ feature that we were defined by became a byword for all you'd satirise in a woman's magazine as earnest and worthy,’ she says.
  The American Revolutionary's 1748 remark stands as a byword for industrial capitalism's hurry-up ethic.
  Overall excellence for each has now become something of a byword on the music scene; in other words, the programme content is a display for some of the finest young talents around to do the works full justice.
  The most intriguing of the calls is the one said to have been made by the flight's most famous passenger whose ‘Lets roll!’ phrase became a byword for the victims' heroism and patriotism.
  Synonyms
  slogan, motto, maxim, axiom, dictum, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula, cry, battle cry, rallying cry
  nickname, middle name
  rare apophthegm

Definition of byword in US English:

byword

nounˈbīˌwərdˈbaɪˌwərd

1A person or thing cited as a notorious and outstanding example or embodiment of something.
his name became a byword for luxury
Example sentencesExamples
- Listening to this week's forecasts of a ‘killer winter’, it seems worth recalling that meteorology has often been a byword for untrustworthy predictions.
- By accepting, untested, a story which relied on other people's investigation instead of our own, we had betrayed the very standards which had, at that time, made the paper a byword for integrity.
- The company became a byword for excellence, developing a team-based corporate culture, but by the 1990s, the vast company had become weighed down by bureaucracy.
- This site is becoming the byword for solid, objective commentary on technology companies for the growing number of technology stock investors.
- In Edinburgh two years ago, he recognised the effect British rule in India had had in making the sub-continent a byword for electrical excellence, commenting that an expertly-installed fuse box must have been put in by an Indian.
- The term ‘cultural safety’ has become such a byword for political correctness that it is often dismissed out of hand.
- But, instead, the plucky teenager is an academic high-flier and the life and soul of his school, where his name is a byword for good natured generosity.
- This is the sixteenth book by a woman whose name has become the byword for the authentic account of Irish living in the ‘Forties’ and ‘Fifties’.
- He is a byword for dedication and once memorably warned a caddie that he opened up and closed the practice range, routinely whacking 500 balls in a day.
- As Shakespeare notes, the place was ‘a byword for remoteness’.
- For U.S. readers, the galah is a colourful Australian parrot that has become a byword for stupidity because of its suicidal behaviour on some occasions.
- Pluralism is often attacked as a byword for anarchy; an ‘anything goes' approach to ethics and politics.
- Scotland could become an international byword for backwardness, intolerance and prejudice if that's what its elected representatives want.
- Phrases like ‘puppy farms’ with its connotation of cute and cuddly has changed into a byword for appalling dens of excruciating cruelty.
- The not-for-profit organisation, which hopes to become a charity within a month or two, started in 1990 with a handful of employees and a brief to reinvent the area, which had become a byword for social deprivation.
- The word muti, which derives from ‘umu thi’, meaning tree, has become a byword for any traditional medicine, good or bad, practised by sangomas.
- The book, the title of which is now virtually a byword for political fanatics, explored the individual whose inner sense of worthlessness, confusion or rage seeks refuge and validating rebirth within a charismatic mass movement.
- The car company, which lives on despite, and because of, becoming a byword for reliable plodding, was promoting a new range of electric vehicles to council delegates visiting the racecourse yesterday.
- The former home secretary inherited a department that was a byword for inefficiency and incompetence, and ordered a large scale clear-out of the dead wood.
- It got the stuffing kicked out of it through much of the 20th century and became a byword for mystical, obscurantist thinking, but in recent decades it has been rehabilitated somewhat.
Synonyms
perfect example of, classic case of, model of, exemplar of, embodiment of, incarnation of, personification of, epitome of, typification of
1. 1.1 A word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles.
  “Small is beautiful” may be the byword for most couturiers
  Example sentencesExamples
  Overall excellence for each has now become something of a byword on the music scene; in other words, the programme content is a display for some of the finest young talents around to do the works full justice.
  ‘The ‘circumcision from Africa’ feature that we were defined by became a byword for all you'd satirise in a woman's magazine as earnest and worthy,’ she says.
  The most intriguing of the calls is the one said to have been made by the flight's most famous passenger whose ‘Lets roll!’ phrase became a byword for the victims' heroism and patriotism.
  The American Revolutionary's 1748 remark stands as a byword for industrial capitalism's hurry-up ethic.
  Synonyms
  slogan, motto, maxim, axiom, dictum, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula, cry, battle cry, rallying cry

单词	byword
释义	Definition of byword in English: byword noun ˈbʌɪwəːdˈbaɪˌwərd 1A person or thing cited as a notable and outstanding example or embodiment of something. his name became a byword for luxury Example sentencesExamples The not-for-profit organisation, which hopes to become a charity within a month or two, started in 1990 with a handful of employees and a brief to reinvent the area, which had become a byword for social deprivation. Phrases like ‘puppy farms’ with its connotation of cute and cuddly has changed into a byword for appalling dens of excruciating cruelty. By accepting, untested, a story which relied on other people's investigation instead of our own, we had betrayed the very standards which had, at that time, made the paper a byword for integrity. This site is becoming the byword for solid, objective commentary on technology companies for the growing number of technology stock investors. He is a byword for dedication and once memorably warned a caddie that he opened up and closed the practice range, routinely whacking 500 balls in a day. The term ‘cultural safety’ has become such a byword for political correctness that it is often dismissed out of hand. For U.S. readers, the galah is a colourful Australian parrot that has become a byword for stupidity because of its suicidal behaviour on some occasions. It got the stuffing kicked out of it through much of the 20th century and became a byword for mystical, obscurantist thinking, but in recent decades it has been rehabilitated somewhat. The word muti, which derives from ‘umu thi’, meaning tree, has become a byword for any traditional medicine, good or bad, practised by sangomas. But, instead, the plucky teenager is an academic high-flier and the life and soul of his school, where his name is a byword for good natured generosity. The car company, which lives on despite, and because of, becoming a byword for reliable plodding, was promoting a new range of electric vehicles to council delegates visiting the racecourse yesterday. The book, the title of which is now virtually a byword for political fanatics, explored the individual whose inner sense of worthlessness, confusion or rage seeks refuge and validating rebirth within a charismatic mass movement. This is the sixteenth book by a woman whose name has become the byword for the authentic account of Irish living in the ‘Forties’ and ‘Fifties’. As Shakespeare notes, the place was ‘a byword for remoteness’. Pluralism is often attacked as a byword for anarchy; an ‘anything goes' approach to ethics and politics. Listening to this week's forecasts of a ‘killer winter’, it seems worth recalling that meteorology has often been a byword for untrustworthy predictions. In Edinburgh two years ago, he recognised the effect British rule in India had had in making the sub-continent a byword for electrical excellence, commenting that an expertly-installed fuse box must have been put in by an Indian. The former home secretary inherited a department that was a byword for inefficiency and incompetence, and ordered a large scale clear-out of the dead wood. The company became a byword for excellence, developing a team-based corporate culture, but by the 1990s, the vast company had become weighed down by bureaucracy. Scotland could become an international byword for backwardness, intolerance and prejudice if that's what its elected representatives want. Synonyms perfect example of, classic case of, model of, exemplar of, embodiment of, incarnation of, personification of, epitome of, typification of synonymous with rare avatar of 1.1 A word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles. ‘Small is beautiful’ may be the byword for most couturiers Example sentencesExamples ‘The ‘circumcision from Africa’ feature that we were defined by became a byword for all you'd satirise in a woman's magazine as earnest and worthy,’ she says. The American Revolutionary's 1748 remark stands as a byword for industrial capitalism's hurry-up ethic. Overall excellence for each has now become something of a byword on the music scene; in other words, the programme content is a display for some of the finest young talents around to do the works full justice. The most intriguing of the calls is the one said to have been made by the flight's most famous passenger whose ‘Lets roll!’ phrase became a byword for the victims' heroism and patriotism. Synonyms slogan, motto, maxim, axiom, dictum, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula, cry, battle cry, rallying cry nickname, middle name rare apophthegm Definition of byword in US English: byword nounˈbīˌwərdˈbaɪˌwərd 1A person or thing cited as a notorious and outstanding example or embodiment of something. his name became a byword for luxury Example sentencesExamples Listening to this week's forecasts of a ‘killer winter’, it seems worth recalling that meteorology has often been a byword for untrustworthy predictions. By accepting, untested, a story which relied on other people's investigation instead of our own, we had betrayed the very standards which had, at that time, made the paper a byword for integrity. The company became a byword for excellence, developing a team-based corporate culture, but by the 1990s, the vast company had become weighed down by bureaucracy. This site is becoming the byword for solid, objective commentary on technology companies for the growing number of technology stock investors. In Edinburgh two years ago, he recognised the effect British rule in India had had in making the sub-continent a byword for electrical excellence, commenting that an expertly-installed fuse box must have been put in by an Indian. The term ‘cultural safety’ has become such a byword for political correctness that it is often dismissed out of hand. But, instead, the plucky teenager is an academic high-flier and the life and soul of his school, where his name is a byword for good natured generosity. This is the sixteenth book by a woman whose name has become the byword for the authentic account of Irish living in the ‘Forties’ and ‘Fifties’. He is a byword for dedication and once memorably warned a caddie that he opened up and closed the practice range, routinely whacking 500 balls in a day. As Shakespeare notes, the place was ‘a byword for remoteness’. For U.S. readers, the galah is a colourful Australian parrot that has become a byword for stupidity because of its suicidal behaviour on some occasions. Pluralism is often attacked as a byword for anarchy; an ‘anything goes' approach to ethics and politics. Scotland could become an international byword for backwardness, intolerance and prejudice if that's what its elected representatives want. Phrases like ‘puppy farms’ with its connotation of cute and cuddly has changed into a byword for appalling dens of excruciating cruelty. The not-for-profit organisation, which hopes to become a charity within a month or two, started in 1990 with a handful of employees and a brief to reinvent the area, which had become a byword for social deprivation. The word muti, which derives from ‘umu thi’, meaning tree, has become a byword for any traditional medicine, good or bad, practised by sangomas. The book, the title of which is now virtually a byword for political fanatics, explored the individual whose inner sense of worthlessness, confusion or rage seeks refuge and validating rebirth within a charismatic mass movement. The car company, which lives on despite, and because of, becoming a byword for reliable plodding, was promoting a new range of electric vehicles to council delegates visiting the racecourse yesterday. The former home secretary inherited a department that was a byword for inefficiency and incompetence, and ordered a large scale clear-out of the dead wood. It got the stuffing kicked out of it through much of the 20th century and became a byword for mystical, obscurantist thinking, but in recent decades it has been rehabilitated somewhat. Synonyms perfect example of, classic case of, model of, exemplar of, embodiment of, incarnation of, personification of, epitome of, typification of 1.1 A word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles. “Small is beautiful” may be the byword for most couturiers Example sentencesExamples Overall excellence for each has now become something of a byword on the music scene; in other words, the programme content is a display for some of the finest young talents around to do the works full justice. ‘The ‘circumcision from Africa’ feature that we were defined by became a byword for all you'd satirise in a woman's magazine as earnest and worthy,’ she says. The most intriguing of the calls is the one said to have been made by the flight's most famous passenger whose ‘Lets roll!’ phrase became a byword for the victims' heroism and patriotism. The American Revolutionary's 1748 remark stands as a byword for industrial capitalism's hurry-up ethic. Synonyms slogan, motto, maxim, axiom, dictum, mantra, catchword, watchword, formula, cry, battle cry, rallying cry
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