synonym

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A word or phrase that means the same, or nearly the same, as another.

   "Big" and "large" are synonyms.

2. 2
   verb

   To treat one word as having the same meaning as another.

   His name has been synonymed with dishonesty.

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.

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