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synonym

Syllabification: (syn·o·nym)

Definition of synonym

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
a person or thing so closely associated with a particular quality or idea that the mention of their name calls it to mind:the Victorian age is a synonym for sexual puritanism
Biology a taxonomic name that has the same application as another, especially one that has been superseded and is no longer valid.

Derivatives

late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sunōnumon, neuter (used as a noun) of the adjective sunōnumos, from sun- 'with' + onuma 'name'

A word that has the same or similar meaning to another. The following pairs of words are synonyms:

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