synonym

See also: Synonym

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Alternative forms

synonime, synonyme (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
- Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

(semantics, strictly) A word or term whose meaning is the same as that of another.
Synonyms: poecilonym (rare), alias

Antonyms: antonym, opposite

Hypernyms: equivalent; word; term

Coordinate terms: coordinate term, cohyponym; comeronym; hypernym, hyperonym; hyponym; near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym; metonym, synechdoche; antiphrasis
(semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
“Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
- 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic‎^[1]:
  The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
Synonym: poecilonym

Hyponyms: senior synonym, junior synonym
(taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
- 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:
  Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

Synonyms

(all senses): synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Derived terms

Translations

word with same meaning as another

Albanian: sinonim (sq)
Arabic: مُرَادِف (ar) m (murādif)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܢܦܝܩ ܫܡܐ
Armenian: հոմանիշ (hy) (homaniš)
Asturian: sinónimu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: sinonim
Belarusian: сіно́нім (be) m (sinónim)
Bengali: প্রতিশব্দ (bn) (protiśobdo)
Bulgarian: синони́м (bg) m (sinoním)
Burmese: ပရိယာယ် (my) (pa.ri.yay)
Catalan: sinònim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同義詞 / 同义词 (zh) (tóngyìcí), 代名詞 / 代名词 (zh) (dàimíngcí), 近義詞 / 近义词 (zh) (jìnyìcí) (near-synonym), 相似詞 / 相似词 (xiāngsìcí)
Czech: synonymum (cs) n, slovo souznačné (cs) n
Danish: synonym (da) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n, evenwoord n
Esperanto: sinonimo
Estonian: sünonüüm
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
French: synonyme (fr) m
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Georgian: სინონიმი (ka) (sinonimi)
German: Synonym (de) n, Synonymum n, Gleichwort n, bedeutungsgleiches Wort n
Greek: συνώνυμο (el) n (synónymo)
Ancient: συνώνυμον n (sunṓnumon)
Hebrew: מילה נרדפת \ מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת (he) f (milá nirdéfet)
Hindi: पर्याय (hi) m (paryāy), पर्यायवाची (paryāyvācī), समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabd)
Hungarian: szinonima (hu), rokon értelmű szó
Icelandic: samheiti (is) n
Ido: sinonimo (io)
Indonesian: sinonim (id), kata padanan
Irish: comhchiallach m
Italian: sinonimo (it) m
Japanese: 同義語 (ja) (どうぎご, dōgigo) (same), 類義語 (ja) (るいぎご, ruigigo) (similar)
Kazakh: синоним (sinonim)
Khmer: ន័យដូច (km) (nɨy douc), វេវចនៈ (km) (veevĕəʼcaʼnaʼ)
Korean: 같은말 (gateunmal) same (oral), 비슷한말 (ko) (biseuthanmal) similar (oral), 동의어(同義語) (ko) (dong'uieo) same (written), 유의어(類義語) (ko) (yuuieo) similar (written)
Lao: ໄວພົດ (wai phot)
Latin: synōnymum (la) n
Latvian: sinonīms (lv) m
Lithuanian: sinonìmas (lt) m
Macedonian: синони́м m (sinoním)
Malay: kata seerti (ms), sinonim (ms), muradif
Malayalam: പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṁ)
Maori: kupu taurite
Marathi: समानार्थी शब्द m (samānārthī śabda)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: synonym (no) n, liketyding m

Nynorsk: synonym (nn) n, liketyding (nn) f
Persian: هم‌معنی (ham-ma'ni), مترادف (fa) (motarâdef)
Polish: synonim (pl) m inan, bliskoznacznik m
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: sinonim (ro) n
Russian: сино́ним (ru) m (sinónim)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: истозначница f, сино̀нӣм m

Roman: istòznačnica (sh) f, sinònīm (sh) m
Sicilian: sinònimu (scn) m
Slovak: synonymum (sk) n
Slovene: sopomenka (sl) f, sinonim (sl) m
Spanish: sinónimo (es) m
Swahili: kisawe (sw), sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, liktyding c
Tagalog: singkahulugan, kasing-kahulugan
Telugu: ప్రతిపదము (te) (pratipadamu)
Thai: ไวพจน์ (th) (wai-pót), คำพ้องความ (th) (kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sinonim (tr), anlamdaş (tr), müteradif (tr)
Ukrainian: сино́нім (uk) m (synónim)
Uyghur: مەنىداش سۆز (menidash söz)
Vietnamese: từ đồng nghĩa (vi)
Volapük: leigasinifavöd
Walloon: sinonime (wa) m, Piron-parey m
Welsh: cyfystyr (cy) m, gair cyfystyr m

in zoological nomenclature

Czech: synonymum (cs) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei)
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Swahili: sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

in botanical nomenclature

Czech: synonymum (cs) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei)
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Swahili: sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} persamaan kata, ^{(please verify)} sinonim (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} synonymo
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṁ)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} eş anlamlı (tr)

Danish

Adjective

synonym

synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of *synonym*
	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	synonym	—	—²
indefinite neuter singular	synonymt	—	—²
plural	synonyme	—	—²
definite attributive¹	synonyme	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

ensbetydende

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synonym	synonymet	synonymer	synonymerne
genitive	synonyms	synonymets	synonymers	synonymernes

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zynoˈnyːm/, [zy.no-], [ˌzʏ.no-]
Audio: (file)

Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

synonymous
Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Positive forms of synonym (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
predicative		er ist synonym	sie ist synonym	es ist synonym	sie sind synonym
strong declension (without article)	nominative	synonymer	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
	genitive	synonymen	synonymer	synonymen	synonymer
	dative	synonymem	synonymer	synonymem	synonymen
	accusative	synonymen	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der synonyme	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
	genitive	des synonymen	der synonymen	des synonymen	der synonymen
	dative	dem synonymen	der synonymen	dem synonymen	den synonymen
	accusative	den synonymen	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein synonymer	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen
	genitive	eines synonymen	einer synonymen	eines synonymen	(keiner) synonymen
	dative	einem synonymen	einer synonymen	einem synonymen	(keinen) synonymen
	accusative	einen synonymen	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen

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