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syno·nym (sin′ə nim)

noun

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

Etymology: ME sinonyme < L synonymum < Gr synōnymon, of like meaning or like name < syn-, together + onyma, a name

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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