Definition of Synonymy

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

Exact synonyms: Synonymity, Synonymousness
Generic synonyms: Semantic Relation
Derivative terms: Synonymous, Synonymous, Synonymist

Definition of Synonymy

1. n. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

Definition of Synonymy

1. Noun. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. ¹

2. Noun. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted. ¹

3. Noun. The study of synonyms. ¹

4. Noun. A system of synonyms. ¹

5. Noun. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name) ¹

6. Noun. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym ¹

7. Noun. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synonymy

1. equivalence of meaning [n -MIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synonymy

synonymies
synonymification
synonymist
synonymists
synonymities
synonymity
synonymize
synonymized
synonymizes
synonymizing
synonymless
synonymous
synonymously
synonymousness
synonyms
synonymy (current term)
synophrys
synophthalmia
synopses
synopsis
synopsize
synopsized
synopsizes
synopsizing
synoptic
synoptic climatology
synoptical
synoptically
synorogenic
synosteoses

Literary usage of Synonymy

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

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"I avail myself of this opportunity to publish those additions and correction} in the synonymy of the first three parts, which the kind assistance of my ..."

2. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1894)
"Geological synonymy, -jr Determination of Geological Equivalents. ... But in reality, the synonymy of geology is a still more important part of the subject ..."

3. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Geological synonymy, or Determination of Geological Equivalents. IT will easily be supposed that with so many different sources of names as we have ..."

4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The following corrections and additions to his synonymy occurred to me. They chiefly arise from the almost universal habit of French zoologists to ignore ..."

5. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"While the following synonymy has been largely intimated by Baron Osten Sacken, and Dr. Williston, authors have failed to realize its significance. ..."

6. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Podiceps; reduced to synonymy and replaced by a new name. (If my view of the case of Podiceps, antea, p. 290, be accepted, the name is in any case untenable ..."

7. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1865)
"I avail myself of this opportunity to publish those additions and correction} in the synonymy of the first three parts, which the kind assistance of my ..."

8. History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1894)
"Geological synonymy, -jr Determination of Geological Equivalents. ... But in reality, the synonymy of geology is a still more important part of the subject ..."

9. History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time by William Whewell (1857)
"Geological synonymy, or Determination of Geological Equivalents. IT will easily be supposed that with so many different sources of names as we have ..."

10. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1872)
"The following corrections and additions to his synonymy occurred to me. They chiefly arise from the almost universal habit of French zoologists to ignore ..."

11. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"While the following synonymy has been largely intimated by Baron Osten Sacken, and Dr. Williston, authors have failed to realize its significance. ..."

12. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"Podiceps; reduced to synonymy and replaced by a new name. (If my view of the case of Podiceps, antea, p. 290, be accepted, the name is in any case untenable ..."

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