The definition of 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
Origin: ME sinonyme < L synonymum < Gr synōnymon, of like meaning or like name < syn-, together + onyma, a name
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noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English sinonyme
Origin: , from Old French synonyme
Origin: , from Latin synōnymum
Origin: , from Greek sunōnumon
Origin: , from neuter of sunōnumos, synonymous; see synonymous
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