synonymy

English

Etymology

From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Noun

synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)

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

Related terms

synonym
synonymia

Translations

quality of being synonymous

Czech: synonymie f, synonymita f
Finnish: synonymia (fi)
German: Synonymie (de) f
Latvian: sinonīmija f

Russian: синони́мия (ru) f (sinonímija)
Swedish: synonymi (sv) c
Volapük: leigasinif, otsinif
Walloon: sinonimeye (wa) f

list or collection of synonyms

Finnish: synonyymiluettelo

study of synonyms

Finnish: synonymiikka (fi)

Volapük: leigasinifav

system of synonyms

Finnish: synonyymijärjestelmä

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French: synonymie (fr)