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synonymy

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8 lettersPronunciation /sɪˈnɒnəmi/Part of speech nounSorted mnnosyyyStarts with SEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

Word origin

From French synonymie and its etymon Late Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “of like name”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, synonym + -y or syn- + -onymy. Doublet of synonymia.

Used in a sentence

  • sink into synonymy
  • In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
  • The synonymy of Tachina is extensive.

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