Synonymous Meaning
/sɪˈnɒnɪməs/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjHaving a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
adjOf, or being a synonym.
Sentence Examples
England is synonymous with football, fish & chips, and the Queen.
Eating good isn't synonymous for eating a lot.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In popular culture, the brand Kleenex is often ____ with facial tissues.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In many people's minds, the name of the famous brand has become ____ with high quality and excellent service today.
Word Origin & History
From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXVII. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 243:
"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."
— 2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQ:
"For much of the time that incels have self-described as such, their collective worldview has been synonymous with the ‘blackpill’."
— 2023 January 26, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 5:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
In popular culture, the brand Kleenex is often ____ with facial tissues.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
In many people's minds, the name of the famous brand has become ____ with high quality and excellent service today.