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syn⋅o⋅nym

  [sin-uh-nim]
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–noun
1. a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad.
2. a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity; metonym.
3. Biology. one of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon.
Origin:
1400–50; < L synōnymum < Gk synnymon, n. use of neut. of synnymos synonymous; r. ME sinonyme < MF < L, as above

Related forms:
syn⋅o⋅nym⋅ic, syn⋅o⋅nym⋅i⋅cal, adjective
syn⋅o⋅nym⋅i⋅ty  [sin-uh-nim-i-tee] , noun
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syn·o·nym   (sĭn'ə-nĭm')   
n.  
  1. A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.
  2. A word or an expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another.
  3. Biology A scientific name of an organism or of a taxonomic group that has been superseded by another name at the same rank.

[Middle English sinonyme, from Old French synonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Greek sunōnumon, from neuter of sunōnumos, synonymous; see synonymous.]
syn'o·nym'ic, syn'o·nym'i·cal adj., syn'o·nym'i·ty n.
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synonyms

Words that mean roughly the same thing. Container and receptacle are synonyms.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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