synonym
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). Equivalent to syn- + -onym.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
synonym (plural synonyms)
- (semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
- Synonyms: equivalent, poecilonym
- Antonyms: antonym, opposite
- (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
- Synonym: metonym
- “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
- 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic[1]:
- The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
- (zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
- (taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
- (databases) 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.
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nym | Sound | Spelling | Meaning | phone/graph |
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homonym | same | same | different | homophone & homograph |
heteronym (cat) | different | same | different | homograph |
heterograph | same | different | different | homophone (cat) |
heterophone | different | same | same | homograph |
synonym | different | different | same | — |
alternative spelling | same | different | same | homophone |
identical | same | same | same | not applicable |
distinct | different | different | different | — |
Danish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
synonym
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of synonym | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | synonym | — | —2 |
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)
Declension[edit]
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | synonym | synonymet | synonymer | synonymerne |
genitive | synonyms | synonymets | synonymers | synonymernes |
Further reading[edit]
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)
- synonymous
- Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch
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Further reading[edit]
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).
Adjective[edit]
synonym (masculine and feminine synonym, neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)
Synonyms[edit]
Noun[edit]
synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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References[edit]
- “synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
synonym
Declension[edit]
Inflection of synonym | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | synonym | — | — |
Neuter singular | synonymt | — | — |
Plural | synonyma | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | synonyma | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | — | — | — |
All | synonyma | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Noun[edit]
synonym
Declension[edit]
Declension of synonym | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | synonym | synonymen | synonymer | synonymerna |
Genitive | synonyms | synonymens | synonymers | synonymernas |
Further reading[edit]
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English words prefixed with syn-
- English words suffixed with -onym
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Semantics
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Zoology
- en:Taxonomy
- en:Botany
- en:Databases
- English words suffixed with -nym
- Danish lemmas
- Danish adjectives
- Danish nouns
- Danish neuter nouns
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- de:Semantics
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with audio links
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål adjectives
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk adjectives
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- Swedish nouns