synonym
UK/ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
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South Asia/ˈsɪn.ə.nɪm/
synonym noun: a term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
Noun
synonym (plural synonyms)
- A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
- Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
- “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
- Synonyms:
- poecilonym, near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
- The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
- 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.
- 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
Verb
synonym (third-person singular simple present synonyms, present participle synonyming, simple past and past participle synonymed)
- To make synonymous.
- 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.1848, United Service Magazine and Naval Military Journal, page 556
- […] if that properly belongs to the Saltatorii section, which Fabricius seems to believe by his synonyming it with his C. Viminalis […]1852, John Freeman, Life of the Rev. W. Kirby, page 267
synonym meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
synonym in Hindi
- word with same meaning as another
- पर्याय paryāy, पर्यायवाची paryāyvācī, समानार्थी शब्द samānārthī śabd
synonym in Tamil
- ஒத்தச்சொல், பரியாயம், ஒருபொருட்பன்மொழி, ஒருபொருட்கிளவி, இணைச்சொல், இணைப்பெயர்
synonym in Marathi
- word with same meaning as another
- समानार्थी शब्द samānārthī śabda
synonym in Bengali
- word with same meaning as another
- প্রতিশব্দ protiśobdo
More languagesFewer languages
- synonym in Telugu
- ప్రతిపదము pratipadamu
- synonym in Malayalam
- പര്യായം paryāyaṁ
- synonym in Kannada
- ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ಪದ, ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥ ಪದ, ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ, ಹುರುಳು
- synonym in Odia
- ପ୍ରତିଶବ୍ଦ
- synonym in Sanskrit
- पर्याय paryāya
- synonym in Nepali
- पर्यायवाची शब्द
- synonym in Tagalog
- singkahulugan, kasing-kahulugan
- synonym in Arabic
- مُرَادِف murādif
- synonym in Malay
- kata seerti, sinonim, muradif
- synonym in Indonesian
- sinonim, kata padanan
- synonym in Persian
- هممعنی ham-ma'ni, مترادف motarâdef
- synonym in Thai
- ไวพจน์ wai-pót, คำพ้องความ kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam
- synonym in Vietnamese
- từ đồng nghĩa
- synonym in Myanmar
- ပရိယာယ် pa.ri.yay
Examples of synonym in a sentence
- The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic:
- Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025:
Synonyms of synonym
Antonyms
Forms of synonym
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | synonyms |
| alternative form (obsolete) | synonime |
| alternative form (obsolete) | synonyme |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | synonyms |
| present participle | synonyming |
| past participle | synonymed |
| past | synonymed |
Origin of synonym
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.
Words formed from synonym
- desynonymization
- geosynonym
- heterotypic synonym
- homotypic synonym
- junior synonym
- near-synonym
- nomenclatural synonym
- objective synonym
- parasynonym
- quasi-synonym
- slangonym
- subjective synonym
- synanagram
- synonymal
- synonymic
- synonymical
- synonymification
- synonymise
- synonymist
- synonymity
- synonymize
- synonymless
- synonymomania
- synonymous
- synonym ring
- synonymy
- taxonomic synonym
- textonym
Phrases with synonym
Words that rhyme with synonym
Questions about synonym
- What does synonym mean?
- Synonym means a term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
- What is synonym in Hindi?
- Synonym in Hindi is पर्याय (paryāy), पर्यायवाची (paryāyvācī), समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabd). See Synonym meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use synonym in a sentence?
- The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
- What part of speech is synonym?
- Synonym can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce synonym?
- Synonym is pronounced /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of synonym?
- The plural of synonym is synonyms.
Words near synonym in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: synonym (page history and authors); synonym (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synonym (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synonym (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); पर्याय (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); synonym (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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