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Meanings of synonyms in English

Russian
синоним
Portuguese
sinónimos
Spanish
sinónimo
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sinónim
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Word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

      синоним
      Synonyms
      Examples for "synonymous"
      Examples for "synonymous"
      1
      Once, Ireland was synonymous in the world's media with violence and hatred.
      The Irish Times
      2
      The name Greenham Common is synonymous to the resistance against nuclear weapons.
      BBC
      3
      Democracy requires accountability and accountability is synonymous with integrity, transparency and honesty.
      The Irish Times
      4
      And in many countries throughout Africa, Henderson's name remains synonymous with excellence.
      Ebony
      5
      Taiwan became synonymous with democracy and was catapulted onto the world stage.
      Reuters
      1
      The second synonym shows it to be Narayana, the Jivatma or Pratyagatma.
      Five Years of Theosophy
      2
      Was it simply a synonym for God or was it something more?
      A history of god: the 4000-year quest of judaism, christianity, ...
      3
      Virtue became the foundation of happiness, and almost a synonym for knowledge.
      Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations
      4
      Channel tunnel not Chunnel chaos theory is not a synonym for chaos.
      The Guardian
      5
      In the world of clothing manufacture, Ritz is a synonym for smartness.
      The new yorker
      Usage of synonyms in English
      1
      The truth is, the Japanese use synonyms instead of the words themselves.
      The Motor Maids in Fair Japan
      2
      In considering pairs we have, without using the word, been studying synonyms.
      The Century Vocabulary Builder
      3
      Sympathies and antipathies are but synonyms of prejudice, and indifference is impossible.
      Essays in Literature and History
      4
      This book offers synonyms that are apropos and definite rather than comprehensive.
      The Century Vocabulary Builder
      5
      Greatness and Gall, genius and goose-speech, sound and sense have become synonyms.
      The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 12
      6
      The words are synonyms, but come from different hemispheres of the world.
      A Hero and Some Other Folks
      7
      Is that heaping together of synonyms or all but synonyms, mere tautology?
      Expositions of Holy Scripture / Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter...
      8
      Ilan explained to him about synonyms, drawing pictures of words as identical twins.
      To the end of the land
      9
      They all called her Sally; the other two sisters had no diminutive synonyms.
      Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 01
      10
      The subjoined paragraphs show entries in two different volumes upon synonyms:
      Public Speaking
      11
      There were names which in their time were synonyms for courage and piety.
      The Grey Cloak
      12
      If treason and rebellion are synonyms of democracy, we Americans are in danger.
      The Port of Missing Men
      13
      Such a method of studying synonyms must therefore yield large and tangible results.
      The Century Vocabulary Builder
      14
      But you are not yet a perfectly trained hunter of synonyms.
      The Century Vocabulary Builder
      15
      Thompson, the English authority, gives forty kinds, and one hundred and forty-eight synonyms.
      The Home Acre
      16
      He had a taste for antithesis, but no grasp of synonyms.
      Watersprings
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