synonym
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭn'ənĭm
ipa: /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈsɪnɵnɪm/
note: Indic
ipa: /sɪˈnɔ~o.nɪm/
rhymes: -ɪm
Forms: form: synonyms
form: synonime
form: synonyme
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym
text: “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
text: The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
ref: 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic:
text: It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world.
ref: 2016 February 26, Heather Long, “Michael Kors' secret to success”, in CNN Business:
text: According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”
ref: 2019 September 18, Lianne Kolirin, “Thousands sign petition to remove sexist terms from Oxford Dictionaries”, in CNN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
synonyms: poecilonym
antonyms: antonym
opposite
hypernyms: term
;
glosses: A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant 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.
examples: text: Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.
ref: 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
english: non-native speakers' English
translation: non-native speakers' English
word: synonymum
Hyponyms: topics: semantics
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: paranym
Derived terms: heterotypic synonym
homotypic synonym
junior synonym
near-synonym
nomenclatural synonym
objective synonym
parasynonym
quasi-synonym
slangonym
subjective synonym
synonymic
synonymist
synonymize
synonymous
synonym ring
synonymy
taxonomic synonym
textonym
Related terms: sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: coordinate term
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: cohyponym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: comeronym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: hypernym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: hyperonym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: hyponym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: metonym
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: synechdoche
sense: These all name (various kinds of) terms that are sometimes loosely called synonyms
word: antiphrasis
sense: Other
word: homotypic
sense: Other
word: heterotypic
sense: Other
word: Wiktionary:Semantic relations
word: identical
word: same
word: homophone & homograph
english: category
translation: category
word: homophone
word: different
word: homophone & heterograph
word: alternative spelling
word: homonym
word: heterophone & heterograph
english: category
translation: category
word: heteronym
word: heterophone & homograph
word: alternative pronunciation
word: distinct