noun · countable / uncountable · rare

synonymy

synonymy · synonymies

синонимия

Synonymie

A certain degree of similarity between the meaning of several words or phrasesA certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)

/sɪˈnɒnəmi/

» Hyponymy, antinomy and synonymy are all lexical terms.

Meaning

7 senses

(countable, uncountable)A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)
Synonymie
синони́мияsinonímija
(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.
(countable, uncountable)The study of synonyms.
(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
In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A group or list of synonyms.
The synonymy of Tachina is extensive.
Descriptions are followed by a synonymy of the names that have been applied in the literature .

More definitions

the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

Examples

2 sentences

Hyponymy, antinomy and synonymy are all lexical terms.
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It's about synonymy.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

quality of being synonymous:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

quality of being synonymous:

Origin

From French synonymie and its etymon Late Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (s

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.

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