synonymous

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled synonimous

US /sɪˈnɑnɪməs/ UK /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/ See IPA manual

Freq #27745

Meanings

1

adj
of words, meaning the same or nearly the same

When my teacher asked me to list two synonymous words, I wrote 'build' and 'construct' on the board.
2

adj
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.
3

adj
Of, or being a synonym.
4

adj
Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · having a similar (sometimes... homosemichomosemous

More synonymalsynonymicsynonymical

Opposites

antonymousasynonymousnonsynonymousunsynonymous

Word family

Forms synonymously

Derived forms asynonymousnonsynonymousnonsynonymouslyparasynonymoussynonymouslysynonymousnessunsynonymous

Related forms synonymsynonymity

Etymology

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

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# synonymous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /sɪˈnɑnɪməs/
**IPA (UK):** /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/
**Frequency rank:** 27745

## Meanings
1. of words, meaning the same or nearly the same
2. Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
3. Of, or being a synonym.
4. Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

## Examples
- When my teacher asked me to list two synonymous words, I wrote 'build' and 'construct' on the board.
- He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.

## Synonyms
- synonymal
- synonymic
- synonymical

## Antonyms
- antonymous
- asynonymous
- nonsynonymous
- unsynonymous

## Derived Forms
- asynonymous
- nonsynonymous
- nonsynonymously
- parasynonymous
- synonymously
- synonymousness
- unsynonymous

## Related Forms
- synonym
- synonymity

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

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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