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Synonym
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- 1 A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.
"Near-synonyms: near-synonym, parasynonym, plesionym"
- 2 two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context wordnet
- 3 Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.; The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules. informal
- 4 Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.; Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda. broadly
- 5 An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
"Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms."
- 1 To make synonymous. transitive
"The fair fame of this good Knight has suffered greatly from the levity of his critics, and still more from the chattering of nugators, blatterones, sermocinators, and other superficial dignitaries; insomuch that his very name is synonymed with that of a liar."
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.
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.
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