Details of word SYNONYM

Definition of synonym

n. - One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
n. - An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.
n. - One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.

Word "synonym" contains 7 letters : M N N O S Y Y

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