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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Synonym \Syn"o*nym\ (s[i^]n"[-o]*n[i^]m), n.; pl. Synonyms (s[i^]n"[-o]*n[i^]mz). [F. synonyme, L. synonyma, pl. of synonymum, Gr. synw`nymon. See Synonymous .] One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of synonym English)
Usage examples of synonyms.
You suggested I find polite synonyms for a certain word that offended you.
They also have a language full of synonyms that seem to mean exactly the same things, but only one of which is appropriate at any given time.
If you tried to group the synonyms logically, you could help guard against transcription errors: if A-G-A, A-G-C, and A-G-G all meant the same thing, and you could only clearly read the first two letters, you’d still have a good shot at guessing what the word meant even without knowing the third letter.
And if there were three synonyms to specify each amino acid, one might look at the code and say, yup, someone had carefully thought this out.
But two amino acids—leucine and serine—are specified by six synonyms each, and others by four, three, two, or even just one: poor tryptophan is specified only by the word T-G-G.