Synonym Definition

sĭnə-nĭm
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noun
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A word having the same or nearly the same meaning in one or more senses as another in the same language.
Webster's New World
A word or expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another.
American Heritage
Webster's New World
An incorrect taxonomic name.
Webster's New World

(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.

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Other Word Forms of Synonym

Noun

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Origin of Synonym

  • From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunōnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunōnumos, “synonymous"), from σύν (sun, “with") + ὄνομα (onoma, “name").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sinonyme from Old French synonyme from Latin synōnymum from Greek sunōnumon from neuter of sunōnumos synonymous synonymous

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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