synonym

See also: Synonym

English

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):

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

1. (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

2. (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.

4. (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

5. (taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
6. (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

• heterotypic synonym
• homotypic synonym
• junior synonym
• near-synonym
• nomenclatural synonym
• objective synonym
• parasynonym
• quasi-synonym
• slangonym
• subjective synonym
• synonymic
• synonymist
• synonymize
• synonymous
• synonym ring
• synonymy
• textonym

 

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)
• 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)

See also

• homotypic
• heterotypic
• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Euler diagram of choice semantic relations.

Nyms (with category [cat] if any)

Noun (cat)	Sound	Spelling	Meaning	phone/graph
identical	same	same	same	homophone & homograph
homophone (cat)	same	different	different	homophone & heterograph
alternative spelling	same	different	same	homophone & heterograph
homonym	same	same	different	homophone & homograph
synonym	different	different	same	heterophone & heterograph
heteronym (cat)	different	same	different	heterophone & homograph
alternative pronunciation	different	same	same	heterophone & homograph
distinct	different	different	different	heterophone & heterograph

Danish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of synonym
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Indefinte 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)

1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

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

Further reading

• “synonym” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “synonym” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

1. synonymous

   Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Positive forms of synonym (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
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

Related terms

• Synonym
• Synonymie
• antonym, antonymisch
• Antonym
• Antonymie

Further reading

• “synonym” in Duden online
• “synonym” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• ensbetydende
• enstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• entydig

References

• “synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Adjective

synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• einstydande
• einstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• eintydig

References

• “synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

   Synonym: liktydig

Declension

Inflection of synonym
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	synonym	—	—
Neuter singular	synonymt	—	—
Plural	synonyma	—	—
Masculine plural3	synonyma	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	—	—	—
All	synonyma	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

synonym

1. synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	synonym	synonyms
	definite	synonymen	synonymens
plural	indefinite	synonymer	synonymers
	definite	synonymerna	synonymernas

Further reading

• synonym in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)