Definitions for synonymous
sɪˈnɒn ə məssyn·ony·mous

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. synonymousadjective

   (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. synonymousadjective

   having a similar meaning

2. synonymousadjective

   of, or being a synonym

3. synonymousadjective

   Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Synonymousadjective

   Expressing the same thing by different words.

   Etymology: synonyme, Fr. συνώνυμος.

   These words consist of two propositions which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom and understanding are synonymous words here. John Tillotson.

   Fortune is but a synonymous word for nature and necessity. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

   When two or more words signify the same thing, as wave and billow, mead and meadow, they are usually called synonymous words. Isaac Watts, Logick.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. synonymous

   A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be replaced by another in a sentence without changing its meaning. Words are considered synonymous in only one particular sense: for example, long and extended in the context long time or extended time are synonymous, but long cannot be used in the phrase extended family. Synonyms with exactly the same meaning share a seme or denotational sememe, whereas those with inexactly similar meanings share a broader denotational or connotational sememe and thus overlap within a semantic field. The former are sometimes called cognitive synonyms and the latter, near-synonyms, plesionyms or poecilonyms.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Synonymousadjective

   having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Synonymous

   To be directly correlated with another object or subject

   "Laughing is synonymous with happiness."

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on January 10, 2018  

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Synonymous

   words of different derivation applied to the same conception.

How to pronounce synonymous?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say synonymous in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of synonymous in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of synonymous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of synonymous in a Sentence

1. Malcolm Turnbull:

   We all woke up this morning shocked and bitterly disappointed by the news from South Africa, it seemed completely beyond belief that the Australian cricket team had been involved in cheating. After all, our cricketers are role models and cricket is synonymous with fair play.

2. Benjamin Disraeli:

   We live in an age when to be young and indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the Future are represented by suffering millions and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity.

3. Will Ferrell:

   Ruth, Musial, Mantle, Will Ferrell, who would have thought that one day those names would be synonymous? Show of hands -- scratch that, never mind.

4. Greg Moon:

   Grab is now synonymous with Southeast Asia’s exciting growth story.

5. John Henry Cardinal Newman:

   A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.

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