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synonymous
CEFRB2
/sɪˈnɒnɪməs/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Having the same or nearly same meaning.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailOf, or being a synonym.
Examples
Eating good isn't synonymous for eating a lot.
England is synonymous with football, fish & chips, and the Queen.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
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- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 3
- Synonyms
- 4
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsSuch that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.
Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
More examples
In contextHe was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.
Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
For much of the time that incels have self-described as such, their collective worldview has been synonymous with the ‘blackpill’.
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Origin
adjective
From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.