Usually means: Quotations setting theme at text's start.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 11 dictionaries that define the word epigraphs:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. epigraphs: Merriam-Webster
  2. epigraphs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. epigraphs: Vocabulary.com
  4. epigraphs: Wordnik
  5. epigraphs: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. epigraphs: Wiktionary
  7. epigraphs: Dictionary.com
  8. Epigraphs (album): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. epigraphs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. epigraphs: Encyclopedia

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See epigraph as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (epigraph)

noun:  An inscription, especially on a building.
noun:  A literary quotation placed at the beginning of a book or other text.
noun:  (mathematics, of a function) The set of all points lying on or above the function's graph.
verb:  (transitive) To provide (a literary work) with an epigraph.
▸ Also see epigraph


Opposite:

Types:

Words similar to epigraphs

Usage examples for epigraphs

Idioms related to epigraphs

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing epigraphs

Words that often appear near epigraphs

Rhymes of epigraphs

Invented words related to epigraphs

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux