Synonymous Definition

sĭ-nŏnə-məs
adjective
Having the character of a synonym.
Synonymous words; synonymous species.
American Heritage Medicine
Of, or having the nature of, a synonym; equivalent or similar in meaning.
Webster's New World

(construed with with) Of, or being a synonym.

Wiktionary
(genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
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Origin of Synonymous

  • From Medieval Latin synōnymus from Greek sunōnumos sun- syn- onoma, onuma name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Synonymous Sentence Examples

  • Eating out does not have to be synonymous with unhealthy food.

  • We cannot, therefore, call it precisely synonymous with theism.

  • The riddance of an evil influence is often synonymous with the introduction of the good principle, and therefore it is best to consider first the use of anointing in consecrations.

  • Out of twenty so-called species he considers six to be really distinct, while the others are merely synonymous or trifling variations.

  • The Stoics divided XoytK17 (logic) into rhetoric and dialectic, and from their time till the end of the middle ages dialectic was either synonymous with, or a part of, logic.

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Words Starting With

SSYSYN

Words Ending With

SUSOUS

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synonymous

Words Starting With S and Ending With S

Starts With S & Ends With SStarts With SY & Ends With SStarts With S & Ends With US

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With S10 Letter Words Ending With S