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[ sin-uh-nim ]

/ ˈsɪn ə nɪm /

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noun

a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as happy, joyful, elated. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms [or opposites], such as Thesaurus.com, is called a thesaurus.

a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity or Wall Street for U.S. financial markets; metonym.

Biology. one of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon.

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1400–50;

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