Associations to the word «Synonymy»

Wiktionary

SYNONYMY, noun. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
SYNONYMY, noun. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
SYNONYMY, noun. The study of synonyms.
SYNONYMY, noun. A system of synonyms.
SYNONYMY, noun. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
SYNONYMY, noun. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
SYNONYMY, noun. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Dictionary definition

SYNONYMY, noun. The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King