parasynonymous

English

Etymology

From para- +‎ synonymous or parasynonym +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

Adjective

parasynonymous (not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) Having common meaning. More specifically, terms (words or phrases) T and T′ are parasynonyms if:
    1. S1 is a sense of T and S2 is a sense of T′.
    2. S1 is similar to S2, but not identical.
  2. (linguistics) Relating to parasynonymy.
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