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单词 synonymous
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Definition of synonymous in English:

synonymous

adjective sɪˈnɒnɪməssəˈnɑnəməs
  • 1(of a word or phrase) having the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The term ‘inner city’ has in the last thirty years become almost synonymous with deprivation.
    • Cleanliness represented the first step to success and became synonymous with efficiency.
    • Further, some authors use the term as being synonymous with replication origin.
    • If at one point the terms were synonymous their meanings have gradually diverged.
    • What becomes evident next is that for them defense is synonymous with aggression.
    • Many feel cold and stark, which may seem synonymous with sanitary and hygienic but are not.
    • It is related to, but not synonymous with, hydrogen concentration or amount of acid.
    • Inflation is not synonymous with rising prices, of course, but rather is the prime causative factor.
    • I for one do not share the view that the terms are essentially synonymous.
    • Sustainability is not synonymous with renewability but it is strongly linked to it.
    • However, clinical psychology is not synonymous with professional psychology.
    • Back in England, the phrase ‘mumbo jumbo’ became synonymous with rubbish rantings.
    Synonyms
    equal, identical
  • 2Closely associated with or suggestive of something.

    his deeds had made his name synonymous with victory
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before the nineteenth century, the national identity was synonymous with the peasantry.
    • It doesn't help that in many schools, fast foods are synonymous with school lunch.
    • Granted, Chekhov's name is not synonymous with comedy, but this work shows he has a lighter side.
    • One of those names that comes to mind is a man whose name is synonymous with wrestling.
    • The effect was an immediate success as the griffin became a universally recognized symbol synonymous with quality.
    • This crisis has proved that high income is not synonymous with a civic society that is independent and autonomous.
    • Teaching about diversity is synonymous with a quality education in health care.
    • The aim of The Gazette's campaign is to make this phrase something that our town and borough becomes synonymous with.
    • The Bahamas, and Stuart Cove in particular, have since become synonymous with shark-feeding dives.
    • The place became synonymous with the burgeoning agitation and with the revolutionary Devlin.
    • No president since Nixon leaves office so synonymous with a major scandal.
    • In my teenage years vacations were synonymous with swimsuits and a train to the Jersey shore.
    • Letting him go ends any association with an era that is, for many Russians, synonymous with corruption.
    • The sport of boxing has always been synonymous with weird and wonderful stories about fighters and their deeds outside the ring.
    • In the 400 years since, the Netherlands has become synonymous with this most beloved of spring flowers.
    • For years, the internet has been practically synonymous with anonymity.
    • Uncertainty is almost synonymous with the pharmaceutical industry - it comes with the territory.
    • As such the characters have become synonymous with the band and, hopefully, have helped endear them to the public.
    • Not only does the garment instantly suggest dance, it is synonymous with classical ballet.

Derivatives

  • synonymously

  • adverbsɪˈnɒnɪməslisəˈnɑnəməsli
    • The term ‘selfish’ is then used synonymously with ‘parasitic’ and relates to how one organism manages to exploit another.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The words employee and servant are used synonymously.
      • In early Christian times, the term choir, communion, and church are used almost synonymously.
      • In informal usage, the word ‘weight’ is often used synonymously with ‘mass’, because the strength of the gravitational field is roughly constant everywhere on the surface of the Earth.
      • The term alien is used synonymously with diaspora, following custom in entrepreneurship studies.
  • synonymousness

  • noun
    • To work for God, for Nature, for one's fellow-beings, understanding the practical synonymousness of these terms, is the only true Wisdom.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • No matter how we read them, their synonymousness is so witty and clever that it's impossible not to relish it.
      • They are known as the John Lobb of Vienna, which is more of a reflection of the synonymousness of the Scheer name with Viennese shoes and the price differential between Scheer and the rest of the Viennese makers than it is of any similarity in style between them and Lobb.

Rhymes

anonymous, eponymous, Hieronymus, pseudonymous
 
 

Definition of synonymous in US English:

synonymous

adjectivesəˈnänəməssəˈnɑnəməs
  • 1(of a word or phrase) having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language.

    aggression is often taken as synonymous with violence
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The term ‘inner city’ has in the last thirty years become almost synonymous with deprivation.
    • Back in England, the phrase ‘mumbo jumbo’ became synonymous with rubbish rantings.
    • If at one point the terms were synonymous their meanings have gradually diverged.
    • What becomes evident next is that for them defense is synonymous with aggression.
    • It is related to, but not synonymous with, hydrogen concentration or amount of acid.
    • However, clinical psychology is not synonymous with professional psychology.
    • Cleanliness represented the first step to success and became synonymous with efficiency.
    • I for one do not share the view that the terms are essentially synonymous.
    • Many feel cold and stark, which may seem synonymous with sanitary and hygienic but are not.
    • Inflation is not synonymous with rising prices, of course, but rather is the prime causative factor.
    • Sustainability is not synonymous with renewability but it is strongly linked to it.
    • Further, some authors use the term as being synonymous with replication origin.
    Synonyms
    equal, identical
    1. 1.1 Closely associated with or suggestive of something.
      his deeds had made his name synonymous with victory
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As such the characters have become synonymous with the band and, hopefully, have helped endear them to the public.
      • One of those names that comes to mind is a man whose name is synonymous with wrestling.
      • The effect was an immediate success as the griffin became a universally recognized symbol synonymous with quality.
      • Granted, Chekhov's name is not synonymous with comedy, but this work shows he has a lighter side.
      • Before the nineteenth century, the national identity was synonymous with the peasantry.
      • Not only does the garment instantly suggest dance, it is synonymous with classical ballet.
      • The aim of The Gazette's campaign is to make this phrase something that our town and borough becomes synonymous with.
      • In my teenage years vacations were synonymous with swimsuits and a train to the Jersey shore.
      • It doesn't help that in many schools, fast foods are synonymous with school lunch.
      • In the 400 years since, the Netherlands has become synonymous with this most beloved of spring flowers.
      • No president since Nixon leaves office so synonymous with a major scandal.
      • Letting him go ends any association with an era that is, for many Russians, synonymous with corruption.
      • Uncertainty is almost synonymous with the pharmaceutical industry - it comes with the territory.
      • The place became synonymous with the burgeoning agitation and with the revolutionary Devlin.
      • The Bahamas, and Stuart Cove in particular, have since become synonymous with shark-feeding dives.
      • The sport of boxing has always been synonymous with weird and wonderful stories about fighters and their deeds outside the ring.
      • This crisis has proved that high income is not synonymous with a civic society that is independent and autonomous.
      • Teaching about diversity is synonymous with a quality education in health care.
      • For years, the internet has been practically synonymous with anonymity.
 
 
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