Crossword clues for synonymy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Synonymy \Syn*on"y*my\, n. [L. synonymia, Gr. ? a synonym: cf. F. synonymie.]
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
A system of synonyms.
(Rhet.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, "use of synonyms;" 1794, "quality of being synonymous," from French synonymie and directly from Late Latin synonymia, from Greek synonymos (see synonymous).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context semantics English) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. 2 A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted. 3 The study of synonyms. 4 A system of synonyms. 5 (context botany English) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name) 6 (context botany English) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym 7 (context zoology English) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
WordNet
n. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning [syn: synonymity, synonymousness]
Usage examples of "synonymy".
Here the names appear regardless of their validity or synonymy, but each name is associated in some way, formally or informally, with real material.