mantra
/ˈmɑn.tɹə/noun2 syllables
Mantra means: a commonly repeated word or phrase.
Synonyms for mantra7
also used for mantra
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What does mantra mean?2
noun
1
a commonly repeated word or phrase“she repeated ‘So pleased with how it's going’ at intervals like a mantra”
2
(Sanskrit) literally a ‘sacred utterance’ in Vedism; one of a collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Mantra in a sentence
- He loved to repeat a phrase, a kind of personal mantra.Nuel
- He says frugality was the mantra for an older generation, but that is changing.Cangarejo
- The monks chanted a mantra in unison.darinmex
- Agreeing to disagree has become our mantra.Nuel
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Forms of mantra
as a noun
- plural
- mantras