of, or having the nature of, a synonym; equivalent or similar in meaning
Origin of synonymous
Medieval Latin synonymus from Classical Greek syn?nymos: see synonym
adjective
The definition of synonymous is something that has similar meaning to something else.
An example of synonymous is little or small.
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synonymous
adjective
- Having the character of a synonym: synonymous words; synonymous species.
- Equivalent in connotation: “a widespread impression that … Hollywood was synonymous with immorality” ( Doris Kearns Goodwin )
Origin of synonymous
From Medieval Latin synōnymus from Greek sunōnumos sun- syn- onoma, onuma name ; see nō-men- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- syn·on′y·mous·ly
adverb
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Adjective
(not comparable)
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synonymous - Medical Definition
adj.
Having the character of a synonym: synonymous words; synonymous species.
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- syn·on′y·mous·ly
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Sentence Examples
- We cannot, therefore, call it precisely synonymous with theism.
- The riddance of an evil influence is often synonymous with the introduction of the good principle, and therefore it is best to consider first the use of anointing in consecrations.
- Out of twenty so-called species he considers six to be really distinct, while the others are merely synonymous or trifling variations.
- It is also used even more loosely as synonymous in the widest sense with "idea," "notion."
- Thompson, 1830) synonymous with Bryozoa (Ehrenberg, 1831) for a group commonly included with the Brachiopoda in the Molluscoidea (Milne Edwards, 1;843).
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WORDS NEAR synonymous IN THE DICTIONARY
- synonymous
- synonymized
- synonymizes
- synonymizing