Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synonymously

/sənˈɑnəməsli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables: syn-ony-mous-ly
IPA: /sənˈɑnəməsli/

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a synonymous way.

Etymology

Etymology tree English synonymous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English synonymously From synonymous + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more synonymously (comparative) most synonymously (superlative) synonimously (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

nonsynonymously

Rhymes With

anonymously

Questions

How do you pronounce synonymously?: The recorded pronunciation is /sənˈɑnəməsli/.
What does synonymously mean?: In a synonymous way.
Where does synonymously come from?: Etymology tree English synonymous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English synonymously From synonymous + -ly.

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