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syn⋅on⋅y⋅mist

  [si-non-uh-mist]
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–noun
a specialist in the study or compiling of synonyms.
Origin:
1745–55; synonym + -ist
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syn·on·y·mist   (sĭ-nŏn'ə-mĭst)   
n.  One who studies or discriminates synonyms.
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Synonymist

Syn*on"y*mist\, n. [Cf. F. synonymiste.] One who collects or explains synonyms.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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