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SynonymsSynonym Syn"o*nym (s[i^]n"[-o]*n[i^]m), n.; pl. Synonyms
(-n[i^]mz). [F. synonyme, L. synonyma, pl. of synonymum, Gr.
synw`nymon. See Synonymous.]
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same
language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or
more words which have very nearly the same signification, and
therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under
Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.]
All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as
intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words
being taken up and appropriated by new shades and
combinations of thought evolved in the progress of
society. --De Quincey.
His name has thus become, throughout all civilized
countries, a synonym for probity and philanthropy.
--Macaulay.
In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in
special dictionaries of such words, synonyms are words
sufficiently alike in general signification to be
liable to be confounded, but yet so different in
special definition as to require to be distinguished.
--G. P. Marsh. Synonym
Synonym Syn"o*nym, n.
1. An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a
new name applied to a species or genus already properly
named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another
species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of
nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific
names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species,
and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.
2. One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of
different languages; a heteronym. [Rare]
SynonymSynonym Syn"o*nym (s[i^]n"[-o]*n[i^]m), n.; pl. Synonyms
(-n[i^]mz). [F. synonyme, L. synonyma, pl. of synonymum, Gr.
synw`nymon. See Synonymous.]
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same
language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or
more words which have very nearly the same signification, and
therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under
Synonymous. [Written also synonyme.]
All languages tend to clear themselves of synonyms as
intellectual culture advances, the superfluous words
being taken up and appropriated by new shades and
combinations of thought evolved in the progress of
society. --De Quincey.
His name has thus become, throughout all civilized
countries, a synonym for probity and philanthropy.
--Macaulay.
In popular literary acceptation, and as employed in
special dictionaries of such words, synonyms are words
sufficiently alike in general signification to be
liable to be confounded, but yet so different in
special definition as to require to be distinguished.
--G. P. Marsh.
Meaning of Synonyms from wikipedia
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sometimes called cognitive synonyms and the latter, near-
synonyms,
plesionyms or poecilonyms. Some
lexicographers claim that no
synonyms have
exactly the same...
- it is the "senior
synonym":
Synonyms in
botany are
equivalent to "junior
synonyms" in zoology. The
homotypic or
nomenclatural synonyms in
botany are equivalent...
- contexts.
Private synonym overrides public synonym definitions. You
create private synonyms the same way you
create public synonyms, but you omit the...
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registries store the
synonyms at a
central location called the
preferred data element.
According to WordNet, a
synset or
synonym set is
defined as a set...
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- This list of
abalone synonyms is a list of
scientific names that have been
given to
abalone species worldwide. Carl
Linnaeus described the type species...
- name for a table, view, sequence, or
other schema objects in a
database Synonyms (film), a 2019 film
Synonymous may
refer to:
Synonymous substitution, an...
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synonyms became an
important theme in 18th-century philosophy, and
Condillac wrote, but
never published, a
dictionary of
synonyms. Some
early synonym...
- In Christianity,
there are a
number of
other words used to
refer to Christians. The word
Christian is used
three times in the New Testament: Acts 11:26...
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December 2024.
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