Synonym Definition
sĭnə-nĭm
synonyms
noun
synonyms
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning in one or more senses as another in the same language.
Webster's New World
A word or expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
An incorrect taxonomic name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- equivalent word
- synonymy
- equivalent
- metonym
- analogue
Antonyms:
Other Word Forms of Synonym
Noun
Singular:
synonym
Plural:
synonymsOrigin of Synonym
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From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunōnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunōnumos, “synonymous"), from σύν (sun, “with") + ὄνομα (onoma, “name").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English sinonyme from Old French synonyme from Latin synōnymum from Greek sunōnumon from neuter of sunōnumos synonymous synonymous
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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