The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning.
"Synonymy" is the opposite of:
1 The decision to reduce C. lignicola to synonymy under C. herbarum was confirmed.
2 The ideas in your introduction regarding synonymy are precious; would that our linguistic purists were imbued with them!
3 Further studies are needed to test the possible synonymy of these species pairs or to determine if other genetic markers permit their discrimination.
4 Most of the groups where two or more cultivars had the same SSR fingerprint included known peach mutants or possible synonymies .
5 Her very title is wrong; as she does not even mention synonymous Scottish words: it ought to be called not British, but English Synonymy .
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