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sɪˈnɒn ə məssyn·ony·mous

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. synonymousadjective

    (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same

Wiktionary

  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 Dictionary

  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.

Wikipedia

  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.

ChatGPT

  1. synonymous

    Synonymous generally refers to words or phrases that have the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language. It can also refer to something closely associated with or suggestive of something else.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Synonymousadjective

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

Editors Contribution

  1. Synonymous

    To be directly correlated with another object or subject

    "Laughing is synonymous with happiness."


    Submitted by anonymous on January 10, 2018  

Entomology

  1. Synonymous

    words of different derivation applied to the same conception.

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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. 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.

  2. Emma Goldman:

    Love, the strongest and deepest element in all life, the harbinger of hope, of joy, of ecstasy; love, the defier of all laws, of all conventions; love, the freest, the most powerful molder of human destiny; how can such an all-compelling force be synonymous with that poor little State and Church-begotten weed, marriage?

  3. Nav Bharat Tubes:

    In the heart of Gujarat, where quality meets reliability, Nav Bharat Tubes Private Limited stands tall as a leading stainless steel manufacturer. With a commitment to excellence and customer satisfaction, Nav Bharat Tubes has become synonymous with premium quality stainless steel products. Specializing in a wide range of stainless steel pipes, tubes, sheets, circles, and coils, Nav Bharat Tubes caters to diverse industrial needs across the nation.

  4. Lisa Bender:

    We have invested like so many cities, for years, for decades, in policing as basically the only way we're investing in keeping people safe, so people think of policing as synonymous with safety, but it isn't working.

  5. Neil Gorsuch:

    That's why John Hancock is now synonymous with his signature. No one remembers who John Hancock was but they know that that's his signature because he wrote his name so bigly -- big and boldly.

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