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synonime

synonime is the obsolete form of synonym.

Meaning of synonym

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

  1. A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
    • Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
    Antonyms:
    antonym, opposite
  2. (informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
  3. (broadly) 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.
  4. An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
    • Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible

See all 5 meanings of synonym

Forms of synonime

pluralsynonimes

Questions about synonime

What is synonime the obsolete form of?
Synonime is the obsolete form of synonym.

Words near synonime in the dictionary

  1. synoicous
  2. synomone
  3. synomones
  4. synomosies
  5. synomosy
  6. synonime
  7. synonimes
  8. synonimising
  9. synonimously
  10. synonym
  11. synonym ring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synonime (page history and authors); synonym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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