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Definition of Synonymist
1. Noun. A student of synonyms.
Definition of Synonymist
1. n. One who collects or explains synonyms.
Definition of Synonymist
1. Noun. A person who studies synonyms. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Synonymist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonymist
Literary usage of Synonymist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1827)
"In proportion to the advancement of society in science, arts, literature, and
general refinement, the task of the synonymist becomes more difficult, ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as synonymy. synonymist (si-non'i-mist), и. [< synonym + -ist.} One who
collects and explains synonyms ; specifically, in not. hist., one who collects ..."
3. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"Without the elegant precision of Girard, without his dexterous choice of examples,
which makes instruction both amuse and tell, the German synonymist has ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1813)
"The sixth volume opens with a laboured account of the Gentleman's Society at
Spalding; which, to borrow a distinction made by a recent synonymist, ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1813)
"... extensive classes of words with which the synonymist has little occasion to
trouble himself. Almost all technical phrases are of this description. ..."
6. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1827)
"In proportion to the advancement of society in science, arts, literature, and
general refinement, the task of the synonymist becomes more difficult, ..."
7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as synonymy. synonymist (si-non'i-mist), и. [< synonym + -ist.} One who
collects and explains synonyms ; specifically, in not. hist., one who collects ..."
8. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1804)
"Without the elegant precision of Girard, without his dexterous choice of examples,
which makes instruction both amuse and tell, the German synonymist has ..."
9. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1813)
"The sixth volume opens with a laboured account of the Gentleman's Society at
Spalding; which, to borrow a distinction made by a recent synonymist, ..."
10. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1813)
"... extensive classes of words with which the synonymist has little occasion to
trouble himself. Almost all technical phrases are of this description. ..."
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