synonym

See also: Synonym

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous), from σύν (sún, with) + ὄνομα (ónoma, name). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA(key): /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
    • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

  1. (semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
    Synonym: poecilonym (rare)
    Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
    Antonyms: antonym, opposite
    Hyponym: alias
    Hypernym: term
    “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
    • 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic[1]:
      The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
    • 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business[2]:
      It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.
    • 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN[3]:
      According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”
  2. (taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
    Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym, objective synonym, subjective synonym, homotypic synonym, heterotypic synonym
    1. (taxonomy, informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
    2. (taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
  3. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
    • 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:
      Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

Synonyms

  • (all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
Other
Nyms (with category [cat] if any)
Noun (cat) Sound Spelling Meaning phone/graph
identical same same same homophone & homograph
homophone (cat) same different different homophone & heterograph
alternative spelling same different same homophone & heterograph
homonym same same different homophone & homograph
synonym different different same heterophone & heterograph
heteronym (cat) different same different heterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciation different same same heterophone & homograph
distinct different different different heterophone & heterograph

Danish

Adjective

synonym

  1. synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of synonym
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular synonym 2
indefinite neuter singular synonymt 2
plural synonyme 2
definite attributive1 synonyme

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

  1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym
neuter
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative synonym synonymet synonymer synonymerne
genitive synonyms synonymets synonymers synonymernes

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zynoˈnyːm/, [zy.no-], [ˌzʏ.no-]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Further reading

  • synonym” in Duden online
  • synonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous).

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

  1. synonym

Synonyms

  • liketyding

Derived terms

  • synonymi
  • synonymikk
  • synonymitet
  • synonympreparat

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, synonymous).

Adjective

synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

  1. synonymous

Synonyms

  • einstydande
  • einstydig
  • liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

  1. synonym

Synonyms

  • liketyding

Derived terms

  • synonymi
  • synonymikk
  • synonymitet
  • synonympreparat

See also

  • eintydig

References

Swedish

Adjective

synonym

  1. synonymous
    Synonym: liktydig

Declension

Inflection of synonym
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular synonym
neuter singular synonymt
plural synonyma
masculine plural2 synonyma
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3
all synonyma

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

synonym

  1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym
nominative genitive
singular indefinite synonym synonyms
definite synonymen synonymens
plural indefinite synonymer synonymers
definite synonymerna synonymernas

Further reading