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A synonym is a word that means the same or nearly the same thing as another word. (noun)

An example of synonym is small and little.

See synonym in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a word having the same or nearly the same meaning in one or more senses as another in the same language
metonym
Biol. an incorrect taxonomic name

Related Forms:

synonymic adjective or synonymical
synonymity noun

See synonym in American Heritage Dictionary 4

syn·o·nym

noun

A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.
A word or an expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another.
Biology A scientific name of an organism or of a taxonomic group that has been superseded by another name at the same rank.

Origin: Middle English sinonyme, from Old French synonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Greek sunōnumon, from neuter of sunōnumos, synonymous; see synonymous .

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