Synonyms for proverbial
prəˈvɜr bi əlprover·bial

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1. proverbial

   Synonyms:
   notorious, current, acknowledged, unquestioned

   Antonyms:
   dubious, unfounded, suspicious, suspected, questionable

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1. proverbialadjective

   of or relating to or resembling or expressed in a proverb

   "he kicked the proverbial bucket"; "the proverbial grasshopper"

   Antonyms:
   unknown

2. proverbialadjective

   widely known and spoken of

   "her proverbial lateness"; "the proverbial absentminded professor"; "your proverbial dizzy blonde"

   Antonyms:
   unknown

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1. List of paraphrases for "proverbial":

   legendary, famous

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How to use proverbial in a sentence?

1. Joseph Ma Pierre:

   If we expect them to ever come out of the proverbial rabbit hole, we have to understand what brought them in in the first place.

2. Quincy Krosby:

   The anxiety over the Fed meeting has abated for now, with the Fed using that word 'patient', you had the beginning of the proverbial Santa Claus rally.

3. Bryan benjamin nicholls:

   to men and women alike your age just a number if you love the person for who they are what they are and respect there beliefs and accept them for who they are you love them in short love is all you need in a relationship and throw your age out the proverbial window.

4. You Can:

   Prince Harry tells Oprah that every time Prince Harry'd be on a flight returning to London, Prince Harry was triggered because of what had happened to Prince Harry growing up there, i found Harry's revelation about being triggered every time Prince Harry was about to touch down in London again so striking. Of course, Prince Harry was born into a family where … as the proverbial ‘ spare ’ one would think that he would have more freedom to be the architect of his destiny than William, whose destiny was set from the day he was born.

5. John Ing:

   It's the proverbial dead-cat bounce. After days of worries, the market's in a relief rally on the heels of New York and hopes that we get a respite on everything from China to Greece, but those issues still fester...We're in uncharted waters as far as the Greece exit, and the (Chinese) market collapse is only 30 percent after a 150 percent gain.