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synonymous

UK/sɪˈnɒnɪməs//sɪˈnɑnɪməs/

synonymous adjective: having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below).

Adjective

synonymous (not comparable)

  1. (particularly in semantics) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
    • He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXVII. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 243
    • Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ
  2. Of, or being a synonym.
  3. Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

synonymous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

synonymous in Hindi

having an identical meaning
समानार्थक samānārthak
having a similar meaning
समानार्थक samānārthak
of, or being a synonym
समानार्थक samānārthak

synonymous in Tamil

ஒரே பொருளுடைய

synonymous in Urdu

ہم معنی, مترادف

synonymous in Malayalam

ഒരേ അർത്ഥമുള്ള

Examples of synonymous in a sentence

  • The noun phrase "red blood cell", the acronym "RBC", and the word "erythrocyte" are synonymous terms.
  • Even in a city synonymous with tall skyscrapers, the tower was exceptional in its altitudinousness.
  • Geechee is a South Atlantic term synonymous with Gullah.

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Synonyms of synonymous

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of synonymous

Origin of synonymous

From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.

Words formed from synonymous

Questions about synonymous

What does synonymous mean?
Synonymous means having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below).
What is synonymous in Hindi?
Synonymous in Hindi is समानार्थक (samānārthak). See Synonymous meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is synonymous?
Synonymous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce synonymous?
Synonymous is pronounced /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/ (UK).

Words near synonymous in the dictionary

  1. synonymizers
  2. synonymizes
  3. synonymizing
  4. synonymless
  5. synonymomania
  6. synonymous
  7. synonymously
  8. synonymousness
  9. synonyms
  10. synonymum
  11. synonymums

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: synonymous (page history and authors); synonymous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synonymous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); synonymous (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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