synonymy

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Etymology

From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumia), from σύν (sun, “with”) + ὄνομα (onoma, “name”).

Noun

synonymy (plural synonymies)

1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
3. The study of synonyms.
4. A system of synonyms.
5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym

   In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.

7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Antonyms

• antonymy

See also

• synonymia

Translations

quality of being synonymous

• Czech: synonymie (cs) f, synonymita (cs) f
• Finnish: synonymia (fi)
• German: Synonymie (de) f

• Russian: синонимия (ru) (sinonimija) f
• Swedish: synonymi (sv) c
• Volapük: leigasinif (vo), otsinif (vo)

list or collection of synonyms

• Finnish: synonyymiluettelo (fi)

study of synonyms

• Finnish: synonymiikka (fi)

• Volapük: leigasinifav (vo)

system of synonyms

• Finnish: synonyymijärjestelmä (fi)

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• French: synonymie