Definitions for synonym

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synonym syn·o·nym

Spelling: [sin-uh-nim]

IPA: /ˈsɪn ə nɪm/

Synonym is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 46 anagrams from letters in synonym (mnnosyy).

Definitions for synonym

noun

1. a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms (or opposites), such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.
2. a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity or Wall Street for U.S. financial markets; metonym.
3. Biology. one of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon.

Origin of synonym

1400-50; Latin synōnymum Greek synṓnymon, noun use of neuter of synṓnymos synonymous; replacing Middle English sinonyme Middle French Latin, as above

Examples for synonym

Most importantly, foreign policy should not be reduced to a synonym for military action and covert operations.

A synonym given for submissive is “compliant,” and among those given for submit is “yield” and “defer.”

Ziyan caan appears to be used as a synonym of it, or else refers to a part of it.

Call it Lesbian Lite, a synonym for someone who doesn't get to have sex with men.

It's a telling tic that we often use "urban" as a synonym for "black."

In the Gordons' Mess "a Marine" used to stand as synonym for emptiness.

My students seem to really want to use “however” as a conjunction—more or less a synonym for “but.”

The fox is the synonym of cunning, and will often outwit the shrewdest trapper.

I am sure you understand by this time, Mr. Burns, that Colorado is a synonym for perfection.

Aversion is frequently employed as a synonym for repugnance.