synonym
/ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
noun
Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
Informal
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym"
- "“Happy” is a synonym of “glad”."
- "The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small."
- "It's quite the turnaround from only a few months ago when Michael Kors (KORS) sales were sagging and its stock was tanking. Experts said the brand was "overexposed," a synonym for ugly in the fashion world."
- "According to the petition, posted on Change.org, the venerable publisher, which produces the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), offers a series of synonyms for woman, including “bitch, besom, piece, bit, mare, baggage, wench, petticoat, frail, bird, bint, biddy, filly.”"
- "Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sinonyme, synōnymum, συνώνυμον
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/
- British English: /ˈsɪn.əˌnɪm/