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Synonymous
//sɪˈnɑnɪməs// adj
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below) not-comparable
"He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms."
- 2 Of, or being a synonym. not-comparable
- 3 Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same wordnet
Etymology
From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.
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