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synonymy

/sɪˈnɒnɪmi/ UK
/sɪˈnɒnəmi/ US

Rhymes with -ɒnɪmi

Where it comes from

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.

noun synonymies

countable, uncountable A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)
Similar: homosemy, synonymity, synonymousness · Opposite: nonsynonymy, antonymy
countable, uncountable A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
countable, rhetoric, uncountable The use of synonyms to clarify or explain one's meaning.
Similar: interpretatio, interpreter, synonymia
countable, uncountable The study of synonyms.
Similar: synonymics
countable, uncountable A system of synonyms.
countable, uncountable The state of not being the name to be used, of being a synonym. sink into synonymy
broadly, countable, uncountable A group or list of synonyms. The synonymy of Tachina is extensive.

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noun quality of being synonymous

Español	sinonimia
हिन्दी	समानार्थकता samānārthaktā, पर्यायत्व paryāyatva
Português	sinonímia
Français	synonymie
Deutsch	Synonymie
Italiano	sinonimia
Română	sinonimie
Русский	синони́мия sinonímija

noun list or collection of synonyms

हिन्दी	पर्यायकोश paryāykoś

noun study of synonyms

हिन्दी	पर्याय विज्ञान paryāy vijñān

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@misc{synonymy_2026,
  title = {synonymy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/synonymy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}