synonym

See also: Synonym

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English

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synonym

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Alternative forms

• synonime, synonyme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/

  • Audio (US):

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnɵnɪm/, /sɪˈnɔ~o.nɪm/
• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

2. (semantics) A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.

   Synonym: poecilonym (rare)

   Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym

   Antonyms: antonym, opposite

   Hyponym: alias

   Hypernym: term

   “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.

   • 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic‎:

     The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.

   • 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business‎:

     It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.

   • 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN‎:

     According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”

4. (taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.

   Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym, objective synonym, subjective synonym, homotypic synonym, heterotypic synonym

   1. (taxonomy, informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
   2. (taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
5. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
   • 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:

     Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

Synonyms

• (all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Hyponyms

• (semantics): paranym

Derived terms

• heterotypic synonym
• homotypic synonym
• junior synonym
• near-synonym
• nomenclatural synonym
• objective synonym
• parasynonym
• quasi-synonym
• slangonym
• subjective synonym
• synonymic
• synonymist
• synonymize
• synonymous
• synonym ring
• synonymy
• taxonomic synonym
• textonym

Translations

word with same meaning as another

Albanian: sinonim (sq) Arabic: مُرَادِف (ar) m (murādif) Aramaic: Classical Syriac: ܢܦܝܩ ܫܡܐ Armenian: հոմանիշ (hy) (homaniš) Asturian: sinónimu (ast) m Azerbaijani: sinonim Belarusian: сіно́нім (be) m (sinónim) Bengali: প্রতিশব্দ (bn) (protiśobdo) Bikol Central: kabaingtaramon Bulgarian: синони́м (bg) m (sinoním) Burmese: ပရိယာယ် (my) (pa.ri.yay) Catalan: sinònim (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 同義詞 / 同义词 (zh) (tóngyìcí), 代名詞 / 代名词 (zh) (dàimíngcí), 近義詞 / 近义词 (zh) (jìnyìcí) (near-synonym), 相似詞 / 相似词 (xiāngsìcí) Czech: synonymum (cs) n, slovo souznačné (cs) n Danish: synonym (da) n Dutch: synoniem (nl) n, evenwoord (nl) n Esperanto: sinonimo Estonian: sünonüüm Finnish: synonyymi (fi) French: synonyme (fr) m Galician: sinónimo (gl) m Georgian: სინონიმი (ka) (sinonimi) German: Synonym (de) n, Synonymum n, Gleichwort n, bedeutungsgleiches Wort n Greek: συνώνυμο (el) n (synónymo) Ancient: συνώνυμον n (sunṓnumon) Hebrew: מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת (he) f (milá nirdéfet) Hindi: पर्याय (hi) m (paryāy), पर्यायवाची (paryāyvācī), समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabd) Hungarian: szinonima (hu), rokon értelmű szó Icelandic: samheiti (is) n Ido: sinonimo (io) Indonesian: sinonim (id), kata padanan Irish: comhchiallach m Italian: sinonimo (it) m Japanese: 同義語 (ja) (どうぎご, dōgigo) (same), 類義語 (ja) (るいぎご, ruigigo) (similar) Kazakh: синоним (sinonim) Khmer: ន័យដូច (nɨy douc), វេវចនៈ (km) (veevĕəʼcaʼnaʼ) Korean: 같은말 (gateunmal) same (oral), 비슷한말 (ko) (biseuthanmal) similar (oral), 동의어(同義語) (ko) (dong'uieo) same (written), 유의어(類義語) (ko) (yuuieo) similar (written) Lao: ໄວພົດ (wai phot) Latin: synōnymum (la) n Latvian: sinonīms (lv) m Lithuanian: sinoni̇̀mas (lt) m Macedonian: синони́м m (sinoním) Malay: kata seerti (ms), sinonim (ms), muradif Malayalam: പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṁ) Maori: kupu taurite Marathi: समानार्थी शब्द m (samānārthī śabda) Norwegian: Bokmål: synonym (no) n, liketyding m Nynorsk: synonym (nn) n, liketyding (nn) f Persian: هم‌معنی (ham-ma'ni), مترادف (fa) (motarâdef) Polish: synonim (pl) m inan, bliskoznacznik m Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil) Romanian: sinonim (ro) n Russian: сино́ним (ru) m (sinónim) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: истозначница f, сино̀нӣм m Roman: istòznačnica (sh) f, sinònīm (sh) m Sicilian: sinònimu (scn) m Slovak: synonymum (sk) n Slovene: sopomenka (sl) f, sinonim (sl) m Spanish: sinónimo (es) m Swahili: kisawe (sw), sinonimu (sw) Swedish: synonym (sv) c, liktyding c Tagalog: singkahulugan, kasing-kahulugan Telugu: ప్రతిపదము (te) (pratipadamu) Thai: ไวพจน์ (th) (wai-pót), คำพ้องความ (th) (kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: sinonim (tr), anlamdaş (tr), müteradif (tr) Ukrainian: сино́нім (uk) m (synónim) Uyghur: مەنىداش سۆز (menidash söz) Vietnamese: từ đồng nghĩa (vi) Volapük: leigasinifavöd Walloon: sinonime (wa) m, Piron-parey m Welsh: cyfystyr (cy) m, gair cyfystyr m

in zoological nomenclature

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Czech: synonymum (cs) n Dutch: synoniem (nl) n Finnish: synonyymi (fi) Galician: sinónimo (gl) m Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei) Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil) Swahili: sinonimu (sw) Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

in botanical nomenclature

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Czech: synonymum (cs) n Dutch: synoniem (nl) n Finnish: synonyymi (fi) Galician: sinónimo (gl) m Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei) Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil) Swahili: sinonimu (sw) Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

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Translations to be checked

Indonesian: (please verify) persamaan kata, (please verify) sinonim (id) Interlingua: (please verify) synonymo Malayalam: (please verify) പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṁ) Turkish: (please verify) eş anlamlı (tr)

See also

These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms

• coordinate term, cohyponym
• comeronym
• hypernym, hyperonym
• hyponym
• metonym, synechdoche
• antiphrasis

Other

• homotypic
• heterotypic
• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Nyms (with category if any)

Noun (category)	Sound	Spelling	Meaning	phone/graph
identical	same	same	same	homophone & homograph
homophone (category)	same	different	different	homophone & heterograph
alternative spelling	same	different	same	homophone & heterograph
homonym	same	same	different	homophone & homograph
synonym	different	different	same	heterophone & heterograph
heteronym (category)	different	same	different	heterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciation	different	same	same	heterophone & homograph
distinct	different	different	different	heterophone & heterograph

Verb

synonym (third-person singular simple present synonyms, present participle synonyming, simple past and past participle synonymed)

1. (transitive) To make synonymous.
   • 1848, United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, page 556:

     The fair fame of this good Knight has suffered greatly from the levity of his critics, and still more from the chattering of nugators, blatterones, sermocinators, and other superficial dignitaries; insomuch that his very name is synonymed with that of a liar.

   • 1852, John Freeman, Life of the Rev. W. Kirby, page 267:

     […] if that properly belongs to the Saltatorii section, which Fabricius seems to believe by his synonyming it with his C. Viminalis […]

Danish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of synonym

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	synonym	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	synonymt	—	—2
plural	synonyme	—	—2
definite attributive1	synonyme	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• ensbetydende

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synonym	synonymet	synonymer	synonymerne
genitive	synonyms	synonymets	synonymers	synonymernes

Further reading

• “synonym” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “synonym” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zynoˈnyːm/, [zy.no-], [ˌzʏ.no-]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

1. synonymous

   Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Positive forms of synonym (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist synonym	sie ist synonym	es ist synonym	sie sind synonym
strong declension (without article)	nominative	synonymer	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
	genitive	synonymen	synonymer	synonymen	synonymer
	dative	synonymem	synonymer	synonymem	synonymen
	accusative	synonymen	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der synonyme	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
	genitive	des synonymen	der synonymen	des synonymen	der synonymen
	dative	dem synonymen	der synonymen	dem synonymen	den synonymen
	accusative	den synonymen	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein synonymer	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen
	genitive	eines synonymen	einer synonymen	eines synonymen	(keiner) synonymen
	dative	einem synonymen	einer synonymen	einem synonymen	(keinen) synonymen
	accusative	einen synonymen	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen

Related terms

• Synonym
• Synonymie
• antonym, antonymisch
• Antonym
• Antonymie

Further reading

• “synonym” in Duden online
• “synonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

synonym

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• ensbetydende
• enstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• entydig

References

• “synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

synonym

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Adjective

synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• einstydande
• einstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• eintydig

References

• “synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

   Synonym: liktydig

Declension

Inflection of synonym

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	synonym	—	—
neuter singular	synonymt	—	—
plural	synonyma	—	—
masculine plural2	synonyma	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	—	—	—
all	synonyma	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Noun

synonym

1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	synonym	synonyms
	definite	synonymen	synonymens
plural	indefinite	synonymer	synonymers
	definite	synonymerna	synonymernas

Further reading

• synonym in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)