CATCHWORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does catchword mean? 

• CATCHWORD (noun)
  The noun CATCHWORD has 2 senses:

1. a favorite saying of a sect or political group

2. a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

  Familiarity information: CATCHWORD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATCHWORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A favorite saying of a sect or political group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catchword; motto; shibboleth; slogan

Hypernyms ("catchword" is a kind of...):

expression; locution; saying (a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catchword"):

catch phrase; catchphrase (a phrase that has become a catchword)

mantra (a commonly repeated word or phrase)

battle cry; cry; rallying cry; war cry; watchword (a slogan used to rally support for a cause)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

catchword; guide word; guideword

Hypernyms ("catchword" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

 Context examples 

As to his ever making anything tolerable of them, nobody had the smallest idea of that except his mother; she, indeed, regretted that his part was not more considerable, and deferred coming over to Mansfield till they were forward enough in their rehearsal to comprehend all his scenes; but the others aspired at nothing beyond his remembering the catchword, and the first line of his speech, and being able to follow the prompter through the rest.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)