SYNONYM
Dictionary entry overview: What does synonym mean? • SYNONYM (noun)
The noun SYNONYM has 1 sense:
1. two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Familiarity information: SYNONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SYNONYM (noun)
Meaning:
Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
equivalent word; synonym
Hypernyms ("synonym" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Antonym:
antonym (a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other)
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