synonym

See also: Synonym

There is a page Semantic relations on how these terms are used in Wiktionary.

English

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”); surface analysis, syn- +‎ -onym.

Pronunciation

enPR: sĭn'ənĭm, IPA^(key): /ˈsɪnənɪm/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

(semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
Synonyms: equivalent, poecilonym
Antonyms: antonym, opposite
(semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
Synonym: metonym
“Happy” is a synonym of “glad”.
- 1991, William T. Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic‎:
  The proportion of English words that have an exact synonym is small.
(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
(taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
- 2011, Paul Nielsen, Uttam Parui, Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Bible:
  Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.

Synonyms

synonymum (non-native speakers' English)

Coordinate terms

coordinate term, hypernym, hyponym
More: see Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Derived terms

near-synonym
parasynonym
quasi-synonym
synonymic
synonymist
synonymous

Related terms

synonymy

Translations

word with same meaning as another

Albanian: sinonim (sq)
Arabic: مُرَادِف‎ m (murādif)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܢܦܝܩ ܫܡܐ‎
Armenian: հոմանիշ (hy) (homaniš)
Asturian: sinónimu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: sinonim
Belarusian: сіно́нім (be) m (sinónim)
Bengali: প্রতিশব্দ (bn) (prôtiśôbdô)
Bulgarian: синони́м (bg) m (sinoním)
Burmese: ပရိယာယ် (my) (pa.ri.yay)
Catalan: sinònim (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 同義詞／同义词 (zh) (tóngyìcí), 代名詞／代名词 (zh) (dàimíngcí), 近義詞／近义词 (zh) (jìnyìcí) (near-synonym)
Czech: synonymum (cs) n, slovo souznačné (cs) n
Danish: synonym (da) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n, evenwoord n
Esperanto: sinonimo
Estonian: sünonüüm
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
French: synonyme (fr) m
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Georgian: სინონიმი (ka) (sinonimi)
German: Synonym (de) n, Synonymum n, Gleichwort n, bedeutungsgleiches Wort n
Greek: συνώνυμο (el) n (synónymo)
Ancient: συνώνυμον n (sunṓnumon)
Hebrew: מילה נרדפת \\ מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת‎ (he) f (milá nirdéfet)
Hindi: पर्याय (hi) m (paryāy), पर्यायवाची (paryāyvācī), समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabd)
Hungarian: szinonima (hu), rokon értelmű szó
Icelandic: samheiti (is) n
Ido: sinonimo (io)
Indonesian: sinonim (id)
Irish: comhchiallach m
Italian: sinonimo (it) m
Japanese: 同義語 (ja) (どうぎご, dōgigo) (same), 類義語 (ja) (るいぎご, ruigigo) (similar)
Kazakh: синоним (sinonim)
Khmer: ន័យដូច (km) (nɨy douc), វេវចនៈ (km) (veevĕəʼcaʼnaʼ)
Korean: 동의어(同義語) (ko) (dong'uieo), 유의어(類義語) (ko) (yuuieo)
Lao: ໄວພົດ (wai phot)
Latin: synōnymum (la) n
Latvian: sinonīms m
Lithuanian: sinonìmas (lt) m
Macedonian: синони́м m (sinoním)
Malay: synonim, kata seerti (ms), sinonim (ms), muradif
Malayalam: പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṃ)
Maori: kupu taurite
Norwegian:
Bokmål: synonym (no) n, liketyding m
Nynorsk: synonym (nn) n, liketyding (nn) f
Persian: هم‌معنی‎ (ham-ma'ni), مترادف‎ (fa) (motarâdef)
Polish: synonim (pl) m inan, bliskoznacznik m
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Romanian: sinonim (ro) n
Russian: сино́ним (ru) m (sinónim)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: истозначница f, сино̀нӣм m
Roman: istòznačnica (sh) f, sinònīm (sh) m
Sicilian: sinònimu (scn) m
Slovak: synonymum (sk) n
Slovene: sopomenka (sl) f, sinonim (sl) m
Spanish: sinónimo (es) m
Swahili: kisawe (sw), sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, liktyding c
Tagalog: singkahulugan, kasing-kahulugan
Telugu: ప్రతిపదము (te) (pratipadamu)
Thai: ไวพจน์ (th) (wai-pót), คำพ้องความ (th) (kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: sinonim (tr), anlamdaş (tr), müteradif (tr)
Ukrainian: сино́нім (uk) m (synónim)
Uyghur: مەنىداش سۆز‎ (menidash söz)
Vietnamese: từ đồng nghĩa (vi)
Volapük: leigasinifavöd
Walloon: sinonime (wa) m, Piron-parey m
Welsh: cyfystyr (cy) m, gair cyfystyr m

in zoological nomenclature

Czech: synonymum (cs) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei)
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Swahili: sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

in botanical nomenclature

Czech: synonymum (cs) n
Dutch: synoniem (nl) n
Finnish: synonyymi (fi)
Galician: sinónimo (gl) m
Japanese: シノニム (ja) (shinonimu), 異名 (ja) (imei)
Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
Swahili: sinonimu (sw)
Swedish: synonym (sv) c, vetenskaplig synonym c, namnsynonym c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} persamaan kata, ^{(please verify)} sinonim (id)
Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} synonymo
Malayalam: ^{(please verify)} പര്യായം (ml) (paryāyaṃ)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} eş anlamlı (tr)

Danish

Adjective

synonym

synonymous

Inflection

Inflection of synonym
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	synonym	—	—²
Neuter singular	synonymt	—	—²
Plural	synonyme	—	—²
Definite attributive¹	synonyme	—	—
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

ensbetydende

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	synonym	synonymet	synonymer	synonymerne
genitive	synonyms	synonymets	synonymers	synonymernes

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zynoˈnyːm/, [zy.no-], [ˌzʏ.no-]
Audio (file)

Adjective

synonym (strong nominative masculine singular synonymer, not comparable)

synonymous
Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Positive forms of synonym (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
number & gender		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist synonym	sie ist synonym	es ist synonym	sie sind synonym
strong declension (without article)	nominative	synonymer	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
	genitive	synonymen	synonymer	synonymen	synonymer
	dative	synonymem	synonymer	synonymem	synonymen
	accusative	synonymen	synonyme	synonymes	synonyme
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der synonyme	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
	genitive	des synonymen	der synonymen	des synonymen	der synonymen
	dative	dem synonymen	der synonymen	dem synonymen	den synonymen
	accusative	den synonymen	die synonyme	das synonyme	die synonymen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein synonymer	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen
	genitive	eines synonymen	einer synonymen	eines synonymen	(keiner) synonymen
	dative	einem synonymen	einer synonymen	einem synonymen	(keinen) synonymen
	accusative	einen synonymen	eine synonyme	ein synonymes	(keine) synonymen

Related terms

Synonym
Synonymie
antonym, antonymisch
Antonym
Antonymie

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

synonymous

Synonyms

ensbetydende
enstydig
liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

synonym

Synonyms

liketyding

Derived terms

synonymordbok

Related terms

synonymi
synonymikk
synonymitet
synonympreparat

References

“synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), and συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”).

Adjective

synonym (neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

synonymous

Synonyms

einstydande
einstydig
liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

synonym

Synonyms

liketyding

Derived terms

synonymordbok

Related terms

synonymi
synonymikk
synonymitet
synonympreparat

References

“synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

synonym

synonymous
Synonym: liktydig

Declension

Inflection of synonym
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative²
Common singular	synonym	—	—
Neuter singular	synonymt	—	—
Plural	synonyma	—	—
Masculine plural³	synonyma	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular¹	—	—	—
All	synonyma	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Noun

synonym

synonym

Declension

Declension of synonym
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	synonym	synonymen	synonymer	synonymerna
Genitive	synonyms	synonymens	synonymers	synonymernas

synonym

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

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Translations

See also

Danish

Adjective

Inflection

Synonyms

Noun

Declension

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Synonyms

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Adjective

Synonyms

Noun

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms

See also

References

Swedish

Adjective

Declension

Noun

Declension

Further reading