synonymy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /sɪˈnɒnəmi/
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Etymology
From French synonymie and its etymon Late Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “of like name”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, synonym + -y or syn- + -onymy. Doublet of synonymia.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)
- (countable, uncountable) A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
- (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The use of synonyms to clarify or explain one's meaning.
- (countable, uncountable) The study of synonyms.
- (countable, uncountable) A system of synonyms.
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(countable, uncountable) The state of not being the name to be used, of being a synonym.
sink into synonymy
In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) A group or list of synonyms.
The synonymy of Tachina is extensive.
Descriptions are followed by a synonymy of the names that have been applied in the literature .
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| synonymies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
antiphrasis · synechdoche · metonymy · plesionymy · cohyponymy · parasynonymy · coordination · comeronymy · coordinateness
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
synonymity · synonymousness · homosemy · synonymics · synonymia · interpretatio · interpreter
Translations (33)
sv synonymi (quality of being synonymous) · ro sinonimie (quality of being synonymous) · la synōnymia (quality of being synonymous) · es sinonimia (quality of being synonymous) · de Synonymie (quality of being synonymous) · hi पर्याय विज्ञान (study of synonyms) · pl synonimiczność (quality of being synonymous) · hi समानार्थकता (quality of being synonymous) · ga comhchiallachas (quality of being synonymous) · ka სინონიმია (quality of being synonymous) · hu rokonértelműség (quality of being synonymous) · fi synonyymiluettelo (list or collection of synonyms) · wa sinonimeye (quality of being synonymous) · pt sinonímia (quality of being synonymous) · vo leigasinifav (study of synonyms) · vo otsinif (quality of being synonymous) · fr synonymie (quality of being synonymous) · cs synonymita (quality of being synonymous) · pl synonimia (quality of being synonymous) · hi पर्यायत्व (quality of being synonymous) · vo leigasinif (quality of being synonymous) · pl bliskoznaczność (quality of being synonymous) · lv sinonīmija (quality of being synonymous) · cs synonymie (quality of being synonymous) · fi synonymiikka (study of synonyms) · la synōnymia (system of synonyms) · hu szinonímia (quality of being synonymous) · bg еднозначност (quality of being synonymous) · it sinonimia (quality of being synonymous) · ru синони́мия (quality of being synonymous) · hi पर्यायकोश (list or collection of synonyms) · fi synonymia (quality of being synonymous) · fi synonyymijärjestelmä (system of synonyms)