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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•o•nym /ˈsɪnənɪm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful in relation to elated and glad.
See -onym-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•o•nym (sin′ə nim),USA pronunciation n. - a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad.
- a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity; metonym.
- Biologyone of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon.
- Latin, as above
- Middle French
- Greek synó̄nymon, noun, nominal use of neuter of synó̄nymos synonymous; replacing Middle English sinonyme
- Latin synōnymum
- 1400–50
syn′o•nym′ic, syn′o•nym′i•cal, adj. syn•o•nym•i•ty (sin′ə nim′i tē),USA pronunciation n. |