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Definition of Synonymity
1. Noun. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
Generic synonyms: Semantic Relation
Derivative terms: Synonymous, Synonymous, Synonymist
Definition of Synonymity
1. Noun. The state of being a synonym. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synonymity
1. [n -TIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonymity
Literary usage of Synonymity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"One who collects and explains synonyms ; specifically, in not. hist., one who
collects the different names or synonyms of animals or plants. synonymity ..."
2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"This synonymity forms the chief difficulty of the instrument when modulations
... Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, ..."
3. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1895)
"Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, ...
This synonymity forms the chief difficulty of the instrument when modulations ..."
4. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, which
will affect the position of the notes. In the following tables I have first ..."
5. The Concept of Knowledge by Panayot Butchvarov (1970)
"Unlike any rules determining the propriety or impropriety of entire statements (eg,
the rules of logic), the rules determining the synonymity of expressions ..."
6. Costa Rica-Panama Arbitration: Argument of Costa Rica Before the Arbitrator by Costa Rica, Pedro Pérez Zeledón, Chandler Parsons Anderson, Panama (1913)
"Now, since the synonymity between the Sixaola and the Culebras, devised and forced
into the case by the Colombians, makes it necessary to give to the stream ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"One who collects and explains synonyms ; specifically, in not. hist., one who
collects the different names or synonyms of animals or plants. synonymity ..."
8. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Alexander John Ellis (1885)
"This synonymity forms the chief difficulty of the instrument when modulations
... Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, ..."
9. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1895)
"Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, ...
This synonymity forms the chief difficulty of the instrument when modulations ..."
10. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"Hence there will be here also another and a different kind of synonymity, which
will affect the position of the notes. In the following tables I have first ..."
11. The Concept of Knowledge by Panayot Butchvarov (1970)
"Unlike any rules determining the propriety or impropriety of entire statements (eg,
the rules of logic), the rules determining the synonymity of expressions ..."
12. Costa Rica-Panama Arbitration: Argument of Costa Rica Before the Arbitrator by Costa Rica, Pedro Pérez Zeledón, Chandler Parsons Anderson, Panama (1913)
"Now, since the synonymity between the Sixaola and the Culebras, devised and forced
into the case by the Colombians, makes it necessary to give to the stream ..."
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