This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. [ sin-uh-nim ] / ˈsɪn ə nɪm / See the most commonly confused word associated with synonym This shows grade level based on the word's complexity. 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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Origin of synonym
1400–50;