synonymous

English

Etymology

From Medieval LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#SYNONYMOUSCategory:English terms derived from Medieval Latin#SYNONYMOUS synōnymus, from Ancient GreekCategory:English terms derived from Ancient Greek#SYNONYMOUS συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym +‎ -ousCategory:English terms suffixed with -ous#SYNONYMOUS.[1][2]

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synonymous (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#SYNONYMOUSCategory:English adjectives#SYNONYMOUSCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#SYNONYMOUSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SYNONYMOUSCategory:Pages with entries#SYNONYMOUSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SYNONYMOUS

  1. (particularly in semanticsCategory:en:Semantics#SYNONYMOUS, construed with with) Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
  2. (construed with with) Of, or being a synonym.
  3. (geneticsCategory:en:Genetics#SYNONYMOUS, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

Usage notes

The main sense of "synonymous" (#1) can be considered polysemous. Since synonymy is relative, linguists distinguish between absolute synonymy and partial synonymy, and many consider synonymy as a scale, meaning that some synonyms are more synonymous than others. For more information, see the Usage notes section of synonymy.

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  1. ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “synonymous (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary: “from Medieval Latin synonymus, from Greek synonymos”
  2. ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Synonymous (sinǫ·niməs), a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume IX, Part 2 (Su–Th), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 385, column 1: “f. med.L. synōnymus, ad. Gr. συνώνυμος: see Synonym and -ous.”
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