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[syn: synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Synonymy \Syn*on"y*my\, n. [L. synonymia, Gr. ? a synonym: cf.
F. synonymie.]
1. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
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2. A system of synonyms.
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3. (Rhet.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to
amplify a discourse.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
synonymy
n 1: the semantic relation that holds between two words that can
(in a given context) express the same meaning [syn:
synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "synonymy":
agreement, biographical dictionary, chemical dictionary,
coequality, coincidence, congruence, correspondence,
desk dictionary, dialect dictionary, dictionary,
dictionary of quotations, electronics dictionary, equality,
equivalence, etymological dictionary, foreign-language dictionary,
gazetteer, general dictionary, geological dictionary, gloss,
glossary, gradus, homogeneity, homoousia, identity,
indistinguishability, lexicon, no difference, nomenclator, oneness,
onomasticon, phrase book, polyglot dictionary, rhyming dictionary,
sameness, science dictionary, self-identity, selfhood, selfness,
selfsameness, slang dictionary, specialized dictionary,
synonym dictionary, synonymity, synonymousness, thesaurus,
treasury of words, unabridged dictionary, unity, vocabulary,
wordbook