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synonym

/sĭn′ə-nĭm″/

noun

A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.
A word or expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another.
(Biology) One of two or more scientific names that have been applied to the same species or other taxonomic group.

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik

Merriam-Webster

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SYNONYM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

November 5, 2025 - The meaning of SYNONYM is one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses. How to use synonym in a sentence. Some Differences Between Synonyms and Antonyms

Cambridge Dictionary

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SYNONYM | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

5 days ago - a word or phrase that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or phrase in the same language: The words "small" and "little" are synonyms.

Merriam-Webster

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MEANING Synonyms: 200 Similar and Opposite Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

1 month ago - Synonyms for MEANING: sense, significance, content, intention, intent, definition, import, connotation; Antonyms of MEANING: means, method, way, blank, vacant, deadpan, inexpressive, expresionless

Discussions

Help: I need a resource for finding a single word to express an idea when the word doesn't exist in english.

"an opinion based on experience " That's "expertise". For searching for synonyms I use thesaurus.com (I know some people dislike this website though), and put in whatever the first word in my stream of conscious is for what I'm looking for, for example, if I'm trying to remember the word omen, I might try "voodoo" or "forboding", then click through the results and see if anything triggers my memory/reminds me what the word which on the tip of my tongue is, the word I'm looking for may be the first result anyway. If you have another thesaurus website you prefer then use that instead. More on reddit.com

r/writing

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July 3, 2021

How do you find synonyms?

Are you not familiar with a thesaurus? More on reddit.com

r/writers

May 29, 2024

DUDE WHY are there a LOT of synonyms for every single freaking word in English? Native and advanced level speakers, please tell me is there any difference between the words below, how often do you use them? thanks.

A lot of the difference is in the collocations of each word. For example, it might sound normal to say "His apartment is really grotty." But you wouldn't use grotty to describe food. Some of these words describe appearance, some can describe taste, some can describe character. Some are more formal "odious" but others more informal "skanky". They may all be fairly synonymous, but would be used in different contexts. WordReference.com gives good examples for each. Try to see this as richness and flexibility rather than redundancy. More on reddit.com

r/EnglishLearning

January 9, 2022

Do you know any site or app that can help me with synonyms for specific wordings/phrases?

https://www.thesaurus.com/ https://relatedwords.org/ https://www.onelook.com/thesaurus/ https://wordassociations.net/en/ More on reddit.com

r/writing

May 14, 2023

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Synonyms | Award Winning Synonym Teaching Video | What are Synonyms?

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