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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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”). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈsɪnɵnɪm/, /sɪˈnɔ~o.nɪm/
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

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synonym (plural synonyms)

  2. (semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
    Synonym: poecilonym (rare)
    Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
    Antonyms: antonym, opposite
    Hyponym: alias
    Hypernym: term
    “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.
    • 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business‎[2]:
      It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.
    • 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN‎[3]:
      According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”
  4. (taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
    Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym, objective synonym, subjective synonym, homotypic synonym, heterotypic synonym
    1. (taxonomy, informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
    2. (taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
  5. (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.

Synonyms

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  • (all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
Other
Euler diagram of choice semantic relations.
Nyms (with category if any)
Noun (category) Sound Spelling Meaning phone/graph
identical same same same homophone & homograph
homophone (category) same different different homophone & heterograph
alternative spelling same different same homophone & heterograph
homonym same same different homophone & homograph
synonym different different same heterophone & heterograph
heteronym (category) different same different heterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciation different same same heterophone & homograph
distinct different different different heterophone & heterograph

Verb

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synonym (third-person singular simple present synonyms, present participle synonyming, simple past and past participle synonymed)

  1. (transitive) To make synonymous.
    • 1848, United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, page 556:
      The fair fame of this good Knight has suffered greatly from the levity of his critics, and still more from the chattering of nugators, blatterones, sermocinators, and other superficial dignitaries; insomuch that his very name is synonymed with that of a liar.
    • 1852, John Freeman, Life of the Rev. W. Kirby, page 267:
      […] if that properly belongs to the Saltatorii section, which Fabricius seems to believe by his synonyming it with his C. Viminalis […]

Danish

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Adjective

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synonym

  1. synonymous

Inflection

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Inflection of synonym
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular synonym — —2
indefinite 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

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Noun

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synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

  1. synonym

Declension

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Declension of synonym
neuter
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative synonym synonymet synonymer synonymerne
genitive synonyms synonymets synonymers synonymernes

Further reading

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German

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

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Positive forms of synonym (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist synonym sie ist synonym es ist synonym sie sind synonym
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative synonymer synonyme synonymes synonyme
genitive synonymen synonymer synonymen synonymer
dative synonymem synonymer synonymem synonymen
accusative synonymen synonyme synonymes synonyme
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der synonyme die synonyme das synonyme die synonymen
genitive des synonymen der synonymen des synonymen der synonymen
dative dem synonymen der synonymen dem synonymen den synonymen
accusative den synonymen die synonyme das synonyme die synonymen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein synonymer eine synonyme ein synonymes (keine) synonymen
genitive eines synonymen einer synonymen eines synonymen (keiner) synonymen
dative einem synonymen einer synonymen einem synonymen (keinen) synonymen
accusative einen synonymen eine synonyme ein synonymes (keine) synonymen
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Further reading

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  • “synonym” in Duden online
  • “synonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

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Noun

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synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

  1. synonym

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Adjective

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synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

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Noun

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synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

  1. synonym

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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Swedish

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Adjective

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synonym

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: liktydig

Declension

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Inflection of synonym
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular synonym — —
neuter singular synonymt — —
plural synonyma — —
masculine plural2 synonyma — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 — — —
all synonyma — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

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synonym

  1. synonym

Declension

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Declension of synonym
nominative genitive
singular indefinite synonym synonyms
definite synonymen synonymens
plural indefinite synonymer synonymers
definite synonymerna synonymernas

Further reading

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