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Definition of Synonym

1. Noun. Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.

Definition of Synonym

1. n. One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

2. n. An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.

Definition of Synonym

1. Noun. (semantics with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase. ¹

2. Noun. (zoology with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym). ¹

3. Noun. (botany with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name. ¹

4. Noun. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synonym

1. a word having the same meaning as another [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonym

Literary usage of Synonym

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"Amber Crab 269 CORAL Baccata fructa oblonga 261 BAILEY CRIMSON 251 Bailey's Crimson 251 Briar Sweet 251 BRIER 251 Brier's Sweet 251 Brier Sweet (synonym of ..."

2. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"G. javanicum Blume, a synonym for G. barbadense; grows in Java. ... a synonym for G. herbaceum. G. molle Mauri, a synonym for G. herbaceum. ..."

3. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"... division 1078 KOOTENAI. a synonym of Kutenai 731 Koax, GUSTAV, killed at Wounded ... LA PLAYE, a synonym of ... synonym 732 Page. ..."

4. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"1 1 ш i synonym 740 ... a synonym of Wovoka 765 WTAM, ... synonym 741 WYANDOT, final defeat of the 781 — , importance of the 685 — ..."

5. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"... was also sometimes employed in the middle ages as a synonym for ' gilda mercatoria V Thurstan, Archbishop of York, granted to the burgesses of Beverley ..."

6. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"Poulson regards ' hause-house ' thus used as a synonym for gild-hall. (Ibid., 332.) • Rep. MSS. Com., 1883, pp. 240, 241 ; cf. vol. ii. pp. 123, 134, 377. ..."

7. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"The lesser sickness ; the form of epilepsy unaccompanied by convulsions; the petit nial of the French. hysteria) (5.1-.). A synonym of Hysteria. ..."

8. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"109 Wells Apple 363 ll'estern Baldwin (synonym of PACK. Pawpaw) 250 Western Beauty 166 Westfield 364 Westfield Seek-No-Farther 364 WESTFIELD Seck-Nn-I ..."

9. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"Amber Crab 269 CORAL Baccata fructa oblonga 261 BAILEY CRIMSON 251 Bailey's Crimson 251 Briar Sweet 251 BRIER 251 Brier's Sweet 251 Brier Sweet (synonym of ..."

10. The Textile Fibres: Their Physical, Microscopical and Chemical Properties by Joseph Merritt Matthews (1913)
"G. javanicum Blume, a synonym for G. barbadense; grows in Java. ... a synonym for G. herbaceum. G. molle Mauri, a synonym for G. herbaceum. ..."

11. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"... division 1078 KOOTENAI. a synonym of Kutenai 731 Koax, GUSTAV, killed at Wounded ... LA PLAYE, a synonym of ... synonym 732 Page. ..."

12. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"1 1 ш i synonym 740 ... a synonym of Wovoka 765 WTAM, ... synonym 741 WYANDOT, final defeat of the 781 — , importance of the 685 — ..."

13. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"... was also sometimes employed in the middle ages as a synonym for ' gilda mercatoria V Thurstan, Archbishop of York, granted to the burgesses of Beverley ..."

14. The Gild Merchant: A Contribution to British Municipal History by Charles Gross (1890)
"Poulson regards ' hause-house ' thus used as a synonym for gild-hall. (Ibid., 332.) • Rep. MSS. Com., 1883, pp. 240, 241 ; cf. vol. ii. pp. 123, 134, 377. ..."

15. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"The lesser sickness ; the form of epilepsy unaccompanied by convulsions; the petit nial of the French. hysteria) (5.1-.). A synonym of Hysteria. ..."

16. The Apples of New York by Spencer Ambrose Beach, Nathaniel Ogden Booth, Orrin Morehouse Taylor (1905)
"109 Wells Apple 363 ll'estern Baldwin (synonym of PACK. Pawpaw) 250 Western Beauty 166 Westfield 364 Westfield Seek-No-Farther 364 WESTFIELD Seck-Nn-I ..."

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