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synonymies

synonymies is the plural of synonymy.

Meaning of synonymy

Noun

synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)

  1. A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)
  2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
  3. (rhetoric) The use of synonyms to clarify or explain one's meaning.
    Synonyms:
    interpretatio, interpreter, synonymia
  4. The study of synonyms.
    Synonyms:
    synonymics
  5. A system of synonyms.
  6. The state of not being the name to be used, of being a synonym.
    • sink into synonymy

See all 7 meanings of synonymy

Questions about synonymies

What is synonymies the plural of?
Synonymies is the plural of synonymy.

Words near synonymies in the dictionary

  1. synonymical
  2. synonymically
  3. synonymicon
  4. synonymicons
  5. synonymics
  6. synonymies
  7. synonymification
  8. synonyming
  9. synonymisation
  10. synonymisations
  11. synonymise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: synonymies (page history and authors); synonymy (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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