synonymˈsɪn ə nɪm
synonym (n)
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- synonyms
synonym
English Definitions:
synonym, equivalent word (noun)
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
synonym (Noun)
A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
synonym (Noun)
Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
synonym (Noun)
Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
synonym (Noun)
An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
Synonym
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. The word comes from Ancient Greek syn and onoma. An example of synonyms are the words begin and commence. Likewise, if we talk about a long time or an extended time, long and extended become synonyms. In the figurative sense, two words are often said to be synonymous if they have the same connotation: Synonyms can be any part of speech, as long as both words are the same part of speech. Here are more examples of English synonyms: ⁕verb ⁕"buy" and "purchase" ⁕adjective ⁕"big" and "large" ⁕adverb ⁕"quickly" and "speedily" ⁕preposition ⁕"on" and "upon" Note that synonyms are defined with respect to certain senses of words; for instance, pupil as the "aperture in the iris of the eye" is not synonymous with student. Likewise, he expired means the same as he died, yet my passport has expired cannot be replaced by my passport has died. In English, many synonyms emerged in the Middle Ages, after the Norman conquest of England. While England's new ruling class spoke Norman French, the lower classes continued to speak Old English. Thus, today we have synonyms like the Norman-derived "people", "liberty" and "archer", and the Saxon-derived "folk", "freedom" and "bowman".
Synonym
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.
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