SYNONYM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of synonym in English

(Definition of synonym from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of synonym from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of synonym

synonym
It's a synonym for the future, for speed and quality.
Cool is not a synonym for all things good.
There is no exact synonym for (the old-fashioned) disinterested, for example.
Entropy is not merely a synonym for disorder.
From Phys.Org
They view it as a synonym for something that's bad.
So algorithms for spelling, autocompletion, synonyms, and query understanding jump into action.
It cheapens the concept of war, making the word a synonym for effort or goal.
For every meaningful word you can isolate, create a full list of synonyms.
Rhetoricians call the stacking of several synonyms in a row "synonymia," and one claims that the trick "adds emotional force or intellectual clarity" to writing.
It replaces a conventional synonym (said), and certainly lowers seriousness, but is probably better categorized as a tic.
It is left to you to decide to stay in a competition synonym of fraternity, brotherhood, friendship and solidarity.
From CNN
Back in the 1990s, the word "alternative" was a synonym for hip and forward-thinking.
A semantic interpreter teases out the underlying purpose of your content by referencing it against 10 billion synonym pairs and 1 billion phrases.
Or, as the defense counters, do they use scanning as a synonym for "spidering," a specific function carried out by a search-engine?
I was astounded, perplexed and in search of even more synonyms to describe a state of utter confusion, shock, and befuddlement.
From ESPN
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Translations of synonym

in Chinese (Traditional)
同義詞,近義詞…
in Chinese (Simplified)
同义词,近义词…
in Spanish
sinónimo, sinónimo [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
sinônimo, sinônimo [masculine]…
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सारखे, समान…
同義語, 類義語, 同義語(どうぎご)…
eş anlamlı/anlamdaş sözcük, eş anlamlı…
synonyme [masculine], synonyme…
sinònim…
synoniem…
அதே மொழியில் உள்ள மற்றொரு சொல் அல்லது சொற்றொடரின் அதே அல்லது கிட்டத்தட்ட அதே பொருளைக் கொண்ட ஒரு சொல் அல்லது சொற்றொடர்…
पर्याय, पर्यायवाची, समानार्थी शब्द या वाक्यांश…
સમાનાર્થી, પર્યાયવાચી…
synonym…
synonym…
sinonim…
das Synonym…
synonym [neuter], synonym…
مترادف, ہم معنی…
синонім…
синоним…
ఒకే భాషలో మరొక పదం లేదా పదబంధానికి సమానమైన లేదా దాదాపు అదే అర్ధాన్ని కలిగి ఉన్న పదం లేదా పదబంధం…
مُرادِف…
সমার্থক শব্দ…
synonymum…
sinonim…
คำพ้องความหมาย…
từ đồng nghĩa…
synonim…
동의어…
sinonimo…
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