Associations to the word «Synonym»
Noun
- Conus
- Dall
- Reeve
- Cas
- Keyword
- Linnaeus
- Pharmaceutical
- Abstract
- Registry
- Montagu
- Neurology
- Turbo
- Octopus
- Alder
- Definition
- Subgenus
- Doris
- Gould
- Hind
- Cate
- Taxon
- Neuroscience
- Noctuidae
- Chemical
- Blanc
- Pharmacology
- Fischer
- Insecticide
- Opioid
- Hutton
- Characteristic
- Adams
- Grape
- Trivia
- Subspecies
- Schumacher
- Hancock
- Helix
- Leach
- Pathology
- Syndrome
- Physiology
- Pho
- Genus
- Fabricius
- Petit
- Genetics
- Med
- Nomenclature
- Genu
- Lorenz
- Mechanical
- Var
- Barb
- Deficiency
- Genetic
- Connotation
- Magus
- Pennant
- Uni
- Checklist
- Barnard
- Carcinoma
- Cl
- Dysfunction
- Usa
- Subfamily
- Orchid
- Iris
- Gray
- Pisum
- Watson
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SYNONYM, noun. (semantics) (sensu stricto) (with respect to a given word) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
SYNONYM, noun. (semantics) (sensu lato) (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.
SYNONYM, 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).
SYNONYM, 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a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
SYNONYM, noun. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
SYNONYM RING, noun. (metadata) A group of data elements that are considered semantically equivalent for the purposes of information retrieval.
Dictionary definition
SYNONYM, noun. Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.