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Webster 1913 Edition


Synonymy

Syn-on′y-my

,
Noun.
[L.
synonymia
, Gr. [GREEK] a synonym: cf. F.
synonymie
.]
1.
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
2.
A system of synonyms.
3.
(Rhet.)
A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

Webster 1828 Edition


Synonymy

SYNON'YMY

,
Noun.
The quality of expressing the same meaning by different words.
1.
In rhetoric, a figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

Definition 2024


synonymy

synonymy

See also: Wiktionary:Semantic_relations#Synonymy

English

Noun

synonymy (plural synonymies)

  1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
  2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
  3. The study of synonyms.
  4. A system of synonyms.
  5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
  6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
    In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
  7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

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