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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : sin-uh-nim |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪn ə nɪm |
Definition of synonym
Origin :- early 15c. (but rare before 18c.), from Latin synonymum, from Greek synonymon "word having the same sense as another," noun use of neuter of synonymos "having the same name as, synonymous," from syn- "together, same" (see syn-) + onyma, Aeolic dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
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- In the Gordons' Mess "a Marine" used to stand as synonym for emptiness.
- Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
- I am sure you understand by this time, Mr. Burns, that Colorado is a synonym for perfection.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- The fox is the synonym of cunning, and will often outwit the shrewdest trapper.
- Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
- Aversion is frequently employed as a synonym for repugnance.
- Extract from : « The Mind and Its Education » by George Herbert Betts
- Ziyan caan appears to be used as a synonym of it, or else refers to a part of it.
- Extract from : « The Maya Chronicles » by Various
- But the name of Pullman is destined to long remain a synonym of philanthropy.
- Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis
- It was not to be wondered at that the name of Texas became the synonym for savagery.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Outlaw » by Emerson Hough
- There cannot be a doubt that the word perception is that synonym.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 » by Various
- I have not found it and I am in'' he hesitated, as if searching for a synonym.
- Extract from : « Eben Holden » by Irving Bacheller
- So that in our own language "heaven" may still be used as a synonym for "God."
- Extract from : « Christianity and Greek Philosophy » by Benjamin Franklin Cocker
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