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Definition of Synonyms

1. synonym [n] - See also: synonym

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonyms

Literary usage of Synonyms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the English Language by George Perkins Marsh (1887)
"synonyms AND EUPHEMISMS. WEBSTER'S definition of synonym is as follows: " A noun or other word having the same signification as another is its synonym. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"Each head comprizes two, three, or more synonyms classed together ... to express much satisfaction with an essay on English synonyms by * A second edition ..."

3. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1917)
"English synonyms and antonyms, with notes on the correct use of prepositions. ... synonyms, antonyms and associated words, a manual of reference designed to ..."

4. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1832)
"CHAPTER V. OF synonyms. THE synonyms of plants are the names applied to particular ... Names are often unlike each other; in which case synonyms become ..."

5. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American Library Association (1917)
"English synonyms and antonyms, with notes on the correct use of prepositions. ... synonyms, antonyms and associated words, a manual of reference designed to ..."

6. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1908)
"$16) synonyms Books of synonyms are in constant use to distinguish words of ... Complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. NY Réveil, 1886. 512 p. D. $1. ..."

7. The Scholar's Companion: Containing Exercises in the Orthography, Derivation by Rufus William Bailey (1876)
"ENGLISH synonyms. Words which are strictly synonymous, ie, which are used to convey precisely the same idea, and might be substituted for each, ..."

8. District School Journal, of the State of New-York (1851)
"A feature which can not but prove of the greatest utility, is the introduction (if a complete Dictionary of synonyms. Every one who is at all engaged in ..."

9. Lectures on the English Language by George Perkins Marsh (1887)
"synonyms AND EUPHEMISMS. WEBSTER'S definition of synonym is as follows: " A noun or other word having the same signification as another is its synonym. ..."

10. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1819)
"Each head comprizes two, three, or more synonyms classed together ... to express much satisfaction with an essay on English synonyms by * A second edition ..."

11. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1917)
"English synonyms and antonyms, with notes on the correct use of prepositions. ... synonyms, antonyms and associated words, a manual of reference designed to ..."

12. An introduction to botany by John Lindley (1832)
"CHAPTER V. OF synonyms. THE synonyms of plants are the names applied to particular ... Names are often unlike each other; in which case synonyms become ..."

13. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, Isadore Gilbert Mudge, American Library Association (1917)
"English synonyms and antonyms, with notes on the correct use of prepositions. ... synonyms, antonyms and associated words, a manual of reference designed to ..."

14. Guide to the Study and Use of Reference Books by Alice Bertha Kroeger, American Library Association, Isadore Gilbert Mudge (1908)
"$16) synonyms Books of synonyms are in constant use to distinguish words of ... Complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. NY Réveil, 1886. 512 p. D. $1. ..."

15. The Scholar's Companion: Containing Exercises in the Orthography, Derivation by Rufus William Bailey (1876)
"ENGLISH synonyms. Words which are strictly synonymous, ie, which are used to convey precisely the same idea, and might be substituted for each, ..."

16. District School Journal, of the State of New-York (1851)
"A feature which can not but prove of the greatest utility, is the introduction (if a complete Dictionary of synonyms. Every one who is at all engaged in ..."

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