sinónimo

See also: sinonimo, sinônimo, and sinonīmo

Galician

Adjective

sinónimo (feminine sinónima, masculine plural sinónimos, feminine plural sinónimas)

1. synonymous

   Antonym: antónimo

Noun

sinónimo m (plural sinónimos)

1. synonym

   Antonym: antónimo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sinônimo (Brazil)
• synonymo (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /siˈnɔ.ni.mu/

• Hyphenation: si‧nó‧ni‧mo

Adjective

sinónimo (feminine sinónima, masculine plural sinónimos, feminine plural sinónimas) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. synonymous

   Antonym: antónimo

Noun

sinónimo m (plural sinónimos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. synonym

   Antonym: antónimo

   • 2013, Marcio Arribabenne, F(r) - A lógica da resolução das questões usando apenas multiplicação e divisão, Clube dos Autores, →ISBN, page 85:

     Lembrando que um terço e um quinto são sinônimos, respectivamente, de terça parte e quinta parte […]

     Keeping in mind that one third and one fifth are synonyms, respectively, of a third part and a fifth part […]

Further reading

• “sinónimo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”). By surface analysis, sin- +‎ -ónimo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnonimo/ [siˈno.ni.mo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -onimo
• Syllabification: si‧nó‧ni‧mo

Adjective

sinónimo (feminine sinónima, masculine plural sinónimos, feminine plural sinónimas)

1. synonymous

   Antonym: antónimo

Noun

sinónimo m (plural sinónimos)

1. synonym

   Antonym: antónimo

2. (figuratively) byword

Derived terms

• diccionario de sinónimos

Further reading

• “sinónimo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025