1. A short sentence expressing a well-known truth, or common fact familiar to experience; a maxim of wisdom; a maxim which is enigmatical; a by-word. Proverbs, a canonieal book of the Old Test, abounding in wise maxims bearing on the conduct of life.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• profer,
• proverty,
• proverbes,
• provem,
• proveke,
• provert,
• provder,
• provew,
• proverbal,
• provier,
• privert,
• provr,
• provety,
• prever,
• proveid,
• proviers,
• provern,
• provecy,
• provess,
• proutra

• preferably,
• proper,
• propper,
• probert,
• proverbial,
• proffer,
• provera,
• preferable,
• properly,
• prefer,
• preferred,
• property,
• Proverbs.

The adverb form of the word "proverb" is "proverbially".

The adjective form of the word "proverb" is "proverbial".

The plural of the "proverb" can be the "proverbs".

The singular of the "proverb" can be the "proverb".