Synonym Synonyms and Antonyms

sĭnə-nĭm
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning in one or more senses as another in the same language
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. analogue
  2. synonymy
  3. metonym
  4. equivalent word
  5. equivalent
Antonyms:
  1. antonym
Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. synonymic
  2. synonymous

Words Related to Synonym

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. word
  2. abbreviation
  3. noun
  4. hyponyms
  5. non-preferred
  6. phrase

Synonym Sentence Examples

  • Actually, only some foreign counts could be said to be equivalent to English earls; but "earl" is always translated by foreigners by words (comte, Graf) which in English are represented by "count," itself never used as the synonym of "earl."

  • The Parisians received the news of the event with joy, believing that freedom was now at last to be established on a firm basis by the man whose name was the synonym for victory in the field and disinterestedness in civil affairs.

  • In fact his name has become a synonym for the word liar.

  • The words might sound to Jewish ears merely as a synonym for " man."

  • It is also occasionally used as a synonym for "footman" or "lackey."

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