Synonymous Definition

sĭ-nŏnə-məs
adjective
Having the character of a synonym.
Synonymous words; synonymous species.
American Heritage Medicine
Of, or having the nature of, a synonym; equivalent or similar in meaning.
Webster's New World

(construed with with) Of, or being a synonym.

Wiktionary
(genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
Wiktionary

Origin of Synonymous

  • From Medieval Latin synōnymus from Greek sunōnumos sun- syn- onoma, onuma name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots

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

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