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SYNONYM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

Synonyms:

equivalent word; synonym

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("synonym" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Antonym:

antonym (a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other)

Derivation:

synonymous ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)

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