synonymy
English
Etymology
From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).
Pronunciation
Noun
synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)
- (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
- Antonym: antonymy
- A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
- The study of synonyms.
- Synonym: synonymics
- A system of synonyms.
- (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
- (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
- In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
- (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
Synonyms
- synonymousness (less common than "synonymy")
- synonymity (less common than "synonymy")
- (identical meaning): homosemy
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
quality of being synonymous
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list or collection of synonyms
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study of synonyms
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system of synonyms
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