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Webster 1913 Edition
Synonymy
Syn-on′y-my
,Noun.
[L.
synonymia
, Gr. [GREEK] a synonym: cf. F. synonymie
.] 1.
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
2.
A system of synonyms.
3.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
Webster 1828 Edition
Synonymy
SYNON'YMY
,Noun.
1.
In rhetoric, a figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.Definition 2024
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English
Noun
synonymy (plural synonymies)
- (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
- A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
- The study of synonyms.
- A system of synonyms.
- (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
- (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
- In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
- (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
Antonyms
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Translations
quality of being synonymous
list or collection of synonyms
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study of synonyms
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system of synonyms
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