synonym

Noun

Meaning

One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

same agreement alternative equivalent expression copy alternate correspondence substitute synonymous equivalence duplicate analogue likeness par
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Antonyms

different opposite reverse obverse anagram antipode
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Derivatives

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Examples

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success. Philip Guedalla

No synonym for God is so perfect as Beauty. Whether as seen carving the lines of the mountains with glaciers, or gathering matter into stars, or planning the movements of water, or gardening - still all is Beauty! John Muir

Google is not a synonym for research. Dan Brown

Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme"-i. e., consistent). Ayn Rand

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. Burt Bacharach

Violation is a synonym for intercourse. Andrea Dworkin

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