synonymous
- adjective
- /sɪˈnɑːnɪməs/
- In many cultures, the color white is synonymous with purity and innocence.
- become synonymous with
- synonymous terms
- almost synonymous
Why is why is why is Yemen and drone strikes so synonymous?
- Why is why is why is Yemen and drone strikes so synonymous?
- And so I kind of have the words rich and and more free as synonymous.
- And I think that that who a person is is practically synonymous with, with their history of, of behaviour.
- And I feel like a lot of my time is spent trying to be present because being present and doing my best are sort of synonymous.
- But they are all synonymous. What is God then?
- So normal means it's, it's equivalent with synonymous with healthy and natural.
- So where I grew up very synonymous like style like what what you talking about?
Examples
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These are all synonymous but you will see them in different contexts.
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So those are almost synonymous, but one leads to the other.
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So we can take them as synonymous here for this treatment as well.
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Thus, the words silver and gold became synonymous with black and white.
Academic text (1992) -
But when did Halloween become synonymous with sex?
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In traditional music education, understanding notation skills is usually considered synonymous with music literacy.
Academic text (2011) -
Across this nation... ...the words "Gotham City" are synonymous with crime.
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The phrase divergent thinking has become almost synonymous with the phrase creative thinking.
Academic text (1990) -
The terms "contributing factor" and "variance cause" are synonymous and are used interchangeably.
Academic text (1992) -
The words "happy" and "joyful" are synonymous and can be used interchangeably.
Synonyms
Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, or effect to something else
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word synonymous comes from the parts syn- 'together' and -onym 'name'. So, if two words are synonymous they 'share the same name' in meaning, which is why synonymous means 'having the same or nearly the same meaning'.