/ Thesaurus / S Synonyms of scare quote Find synonyms for: Noun1. scare quote, quotation mark, quote, inverted commausage: the use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminologyWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: loathe Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language