synonymy
/sɪˈnɑnəmi/
noun
- The relationship between words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.
- The poet used synonymy to avoid repeating the same word in the poem.
- The synonymy between 'begin' and 'start' is taught in elementary school.
- Synonymy is a key concept in building a thesaurus.
- A list or collection of synonyms, especially in a dictionary or thesaurus.
- The researcher compiled a synonymy of medical terms.
- Every entry in the old dictionary had a small synonymy at the bottom.
- The back of the book included a synonymy for common adjectives.
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