What does synonymous mean?
Synonymous means (particularly in semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below).
Synonymous
/sɪˈnɒnɪməs/ · adjective
Meaning
(particularly in semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below).
Definitions by Sense
- (particularly in semantics, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
- (construed with with) Of, or being a synonym.
- (genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
Example Sentences
He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
For much of the time that incels have self-described as such, their collective worldview has been synonymous with the ‘blackpill’.
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Usage Notes
Choose a synonym only when it preserves the intended meaning, tone, and grammar of the full sentence.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a synonym for synonymous?
Common synonyms include synonymal, synonymic, synonymical, homosemous.
What is the opposite of synonymous?
Possible antonyms include antonymous, asynonymous, nonsynonymous, unsynonymous.
How do you use synonymous in a sentence?
He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.
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