Synonymous
[sɪ'nɒnɪməs] or [sɪ'nɑnɪməs]
Definition
(a.) Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.
Edited by Glenn
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Equivalent, of the same meaning, of similar meaning, that express the same idea.
Edited by Charlene
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Equivalent, tantamount, alike_in_meaning, identical, interchangeable
ANT:{Opposed_in_meaning}, not_identical
Typist: Remington
Examples
- To grow rich is to get money; and wealth and money, in short, are, in common language, considered as in every respect synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Before the invention of the art of printing, a scholar and a beggar seem to have been terms very nearly synonymous. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Victims, reiterated Carriston firmly; or, if you will, lovers, for the terms are synonymous. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Is it synonymous with it? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- So significant is it of a liberal share in what is worth while in life that unlettered and uneducated have become almost synonymous. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- All right and all wrong, don't they become synonymous, somewhere? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For exa mple, we may say that the apple falls because it is heavy, or we may substitute synonymous phraseology that helps us to view the falling apple in its un iversal aspects. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- That savage tribes regard aliens and enemies as synonymous is not accidental. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Remington