synonym

See also: Synonym

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#SYNONYM sinonyme, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SYNONYM synōnymum, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#SYNONYM συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous), from σύν (sún, with) + ὄνομα (ónoma, name). By surface analysis, syn- + -onymCategory:English terms prefixed with syn-#ONYMCategory:English terms suffixed with -onym#SYNONYM.

Pronunciation

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)Category:English lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:English nouns#SYNONYMCategory:English countable nouns#SYNONYMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. (semanticsCategory:en:Semantics#SYNONYM) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
    Synonym: poecilonym (rare)
    Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
    Antonyms: antonym, opposite
    Hyponym: aliasCategory:English links with manual fragments#SYNONYM
    Hypernym: term
    “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
    Category:English terms with usage examples#SYNONYM
    • 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic:
      The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SYNONYM
    • 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business:
      It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SYNONYM
    • 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN:
      According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”
      Category:English terms with quotations#SYNONYM
  2. (taxonomyCategory:en:Taxonomy#SYNONYM) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
    Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym, objective synonym, subjective synonym, homotypic synonym, heterotypic synonym
    1. (taxonomyCategory:en:Taxonomy#SYNONYM, informalCategory:English informal terms#SYNONYM) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
    2. (taxonomyCategory:en:Taxonomy#SYNONYM, by extension) 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.
  3. (databasesCategory:en:Databases#SYNONYM) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
    • 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:
      Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.
      Category:English terms with quotations#SYNONYM

Synonyms

  • (all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
Euler diagram of choice semantic relations.
Nyms (with category if any)
Noun (category) SoundSpellingMeaningphone/graph
identicalsamesamesamehomophone & homograph
homophone (category)samedifferentdifferenthomophone & heterograph
alternative spellingsamedifferentsamehomophone & heterograph
homonymsamesamedifferenthomophone & homograph
synonymdifferentdifferentsameheterophone & heterograph
heteronym (category)differentsamedifferentheterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciationdifferentsamesameheterophone & homograph
distinctdifferentdifferentdifferentheterophone & heterograph

Verb

synonym (third-person singular simple present synonyms, present participle synonyming, simple past and past participle synonymed)Category:English lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:English verbs#SYNONYMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SYNONYM) To make synonymous.
Category:English terms suffixed with -nym#SYNONYM

Danish

Adjective

synonymCategory:Danish lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Danish adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of synonym
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular synonym 2
indefinite neuter singular synonymt 2
plural synonyme 2
definite attributive1 synonyme

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)Category:Danish lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Danish nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Danish neuter nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative synonym synonymet synonymer synonymerne
genitive synonyms synonymets synonymers synonymernes

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)Category:German lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:German adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:German uncomparable adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Further reading

  • synonym” in Duden online
  • synonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Category:de:Semantics#SYNONYM

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek#SYNONYM συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous).

Pronunciation

Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonym

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek#SYNONYM συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous).

Adjective

synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonym

Synonyms

Derived terms

See also

References

Swedish

Adjective

synonymCategory:Swedish lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Swedish adjectives#SYNONYMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: liktydig

Declension

Inflection of synonym
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular synonym
neuter singular synonymt
plural synonyma
masculine plural2 synonyma
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3
all synonyma

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

synonymCategory:Swedish lemmas#SYNONYMCategory:Swedish nouns#SYNONYMCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMCategory:Pages with 6 entries#SYNONYM

  1. synonym

Declension

Further reading

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