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syn·o·nym / ˈsinəˌnim/ • n. 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. ∎ Biol. a taxonomic name that has the same application as another, esp. one that has been superseded and is no longer valid. DERIVATIVES: syn·o·nym·ic / ˌsinəˈnimik/ adj. syn·o·nym·i·ty / ˌsinəˈnimitē/ n.
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synonym (sĬn´ənĬm) [Gr.,=having the same name], word having a meaning that is the same as or very similar to the meaning of another word of the same language. Some are alike in some meanings only, as live and dwell. As a language develops, words that once were synonyms tend to become restricted so that eventually they differ in meaning or in usage (e.g., prostitute and strumpet, in which the latter is now confined to literary use). Words taken into English from French and Latin have created many synonyms, e.g., wax (taken from Old English), increase (taken from Old French), and augment (taken from Latin). The classic English synonym collections are George Crabb's Synonymes and P. M. Roget's Thesaurus.
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So synonymous XVII. synonymy (-Y3) XVII. — late L. — Gr.
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