English Explanatory Dictionary

synonym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
  2. Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
  3. The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
  4. Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
  5. An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
verb
  1. To make synonymous.

Pronunciation

sĭn'ənĭm /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/ en-us-synonym.ogg /ˈsɪn.ə.nɪm/ /sɪˈnɔ.nɪm/

Word forms

synonym synonyms synonime synonyme synonyming synonymed

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- + -onym.

Synonyms

synonymum poecilonym near-synonym parasynonym plesionym

Antonyms

antonym opposite

Related words

coordinate term cohyponym comeronym hypernym hyperonym hyponym metonym synechdoche antiphrasis identical same homophone & homograph homophone different homophone & heterograph alternative spelling homonym heterophone & heterograph heteronym heterophone & homograph alternative pronunciation distinct homotypic heterotypic Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Derived words

desynonymization geosynonym heterotypic synonym homotypic synonym junior synonym near-synonym nomenclatural synonym objective synonym parasynonym quasi-synonym slangonym subjective synonym synanagram synonymal synonymic synonymical synonymification synonymise synonymist synonymity synonymize synonymless synonymomania synonymous synonym ring synonymy taxonomic synonym textonym

Translations

Czech: synonymum Dutch: synoniem Finnish: synonyymi Galician: sinónimo Japanese: シノニム Japanese: 異名 Portuguese: sinónimo Portuguese: sinônimo Swahili: sinonimu Swedish: synonym Swedish: vetenskaplig synonym Swedish: namnsynonym
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