synonym

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• sĭn'ənĭm
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• South-Asia: /ˈsɪn.ə.nɪm/
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• South-Asia: /sɪˈnɔ.nɪm/
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From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin synōnymum, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon), neuter singular form of συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “synonymous”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”). By surface analysis, syn- + -onym.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Arabic: مُرَادِف (murādif) — word with same meaning as another
• Aramaic: ܢܦܝܩ ܫܡܐ — word with same meaning as another
• Armenian: հոմանիշ (homaniš) — word with same meaning as another
• Asturian: sinónimu — word with same meaning as another
• Azerbaijani: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Belarusian: сіно́нім (sinónim) — word with same meaning as another
• Bengali: প্রতিশব্দ (protiśobdo) — word with same meaning as another
• Central Bikol: kabaingtaramon — word with same meaning as another
• Bulgarian: синони́м (sinoním) — word with same meaning as another
• Burmese: ပရိယာယ် (pa.ri.yay) — word with same meaning as another
• Catalan: sinònim — word with same meaning as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 同義詞 /同义词 (tóngyìcí) — word with same meaning as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 代名詞 /代名词 (dàimíngcí) — word with same meaning as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 近義詞 /近义词 (jìnyìcí) — word with same meaning as another
• Chinese Mandarin: 相似詞 /相似词 (xiāngsìcí) — word with same meaning as another
• Czech: synonymum — word with same meaning as another
• Czech: slovo souznačné — word with same meaning as another
• Danish: synonym — word with same meaning as another
• Dutch: synoniem — word with same meaning as another
• Dutch: evenwoord — word with same meaning as another
• Esperanto: sinonimo — word with same meaning as another
• Estonian: sünonüüm — word with same meaning as another
• Finnish: synonyymi — word with same meaning as another
• French: synonyme — word with same meaning as another
• Galician: sinónimo — word with same meaning as another
• Georgian: სინონიმი (sinonimi) — word with same meaning as another
• German: Synonym — word with same meaning as another
• German: Synonymum — word with same meaning as another
• German: Gleichwort — word with same meaning as another
• German: bedeutungsgleiches Wort — word with same meaning as another
• Greek: συνώνυμο (synónymo) — word with same meaning as another
• Ancient Greek: συνώνυμον (sunṓnumon) — word with same meaning as another
• Hebrew: מִלָּה נִרְדֶּפֶת (milá nirdéfet) — word with same meaning as another
• Hindi: पर्याय (paryāy) — word with same meaning as another
• Hindi: पर्यायवाची (paryāyvācī) — word with same meaning as another
• Hindi: समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabd) — word with same meaning as another
• Hungarian: szinonima — word with same meaning as another
• Hungarian: rokon értelmű szó — word with same meaning as another
• Icelandic: samheiti — word with same meaning as another
• Ido: sinonimo — word with same meaning as another
• Indonesian: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Indonesian: kata padanan — word with same meaning as another
• Irish: comhchiallach — word with same meaning as another
• Italian: sinonimo — word with same meaning as another
• Japanese: 同義語 (dōgigo) — word with same meaning as another
• Japanese: 類義語 (ruigigo) — word with same meaning as another
• Kazakh: синоним (sinonim) — word with same meaning as another
• Khmer: ន័យដូច (nɨy douc) — word with same meaning as another
• Khmer: វេវចនៈ (veevĕəʼcaʼnaʼ) — word with same meaning as another
• Korean: 같은말 (gateunmal) — word with same meaning as another
• Korean: 비슷한말 (biseuthanmal) — word with same meaning as another
• Korean: 동의어 (dong'uieo) — word with same meaning as another
• Korean: 유의어 (yuuieo) — word with same meaning as another
• Lao: ໄວພົດ (wai phot) — word with same meaning as another
• Latin: synōnymum — word with same meaning as another
• Latvian: sinonīms — word with same meaning as another
• Lithuanian: sinoni̇̀mas — word with same meaning as another
• Macedonian: синони́м (sinoním) — word with same meaning as another
• Malay: kata seerti — word with same meaning as another
• Malay: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Malay: muradif — word with same meaning as another
• Malayalam: പര്യായം (paryāyaṁ) — word with same meaning as another
• Māori: kupu taurite — word with same meaning as another
• Marathi: समानार्थी शब्द (samānārthī śabda) — word with same meaning as another
• Norwegian Bokmål: synonym — word with same meaning as another
• Norwegian Bokmål: liketyding — word with same meaning as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: synonym — word with same meaning as another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: liketyding — word with same meaning as another
• Persian: هممعنی (ham-ma'ni) — word with same meaning as another
• Persian: مترادف (motarâdef) — word with same meaning as another
• Polish: synonim — word with same meaning as another
• Polish: bliskoznacznik — word with same meaning as another
• Portuguese: sinónimo — word with same meaning as another
• Portuguese: sinônimo — word with same meaning as another
• Romanian: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Russian: сино́ним (sinónim) — word with same meaning as another
• Serbo-Croatian: истозначница — word with same meaning as another
• Serbo-Croatian: сино̀нӣм — word with same meaning as another
• Serbo-Croatian: istòznačnica — word with same meaning as another
• Serbo-Croatian: sinònīm — word with same meaning as another
• Sicilian: sinùnimu — word with same meaning as another
• Slovak: synonymum — word with same meaning as another
• Slovene: sopomenka — word with same meaning as another
• Slovene: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Spanish: sinónimo — word with same meaning as another
• Swahili: kisawe — word with same meaning as another
• Swahili: sinonimu — word with same meaning as another
• Swedish: synonym — word with same meaning as another
• Swedish: liktyding — word with same meaning as another
• Tagalog: singkahulugan — word with same meaning as another
• Tagalog: kasing-kahulugan — word with same meaning as another
• Telugu: ప్రతిపదము (pratipadamu) — word with same meaning as another
• Thai: ไวพจน์ (wai-pót) — word with same meaning as another
• Thai: คําพ้องความ (kam-pɔ́ɔng-kwaam) — word with same meaning as another
• Turkish: sinonim — word with same meaning as another
• Turkish: anlamdaş — word with same meaning as another
• Turkish: müteradif — word with same meaning as another
• Ukrainian: сино́нім (synónim) — word with same meaning as another
• Uyghur: مەنىداش سۆز (menidash söz) — word with same meaning as another
• Vietnamese: từ đồng nghĩa — word with same meaning as another
• Volapük: leigasinifavöd — word with same meaning as another
• Walloon: sinonime — word with same meaning as another
• Walloon: Piron-parey — word with same meaning as another
• Welsh: cyfystyr — word with same meaning as another
• Welsh: gair cyfystyr — word with same meaning as another
• Czech: synonymum — in zoological nomenclature
• Dutch: synoniem — in zoological nomenclature
• Finnish: synonyymi — in zoological nomenclature
• Galician: sinónimo — in zoological nomenclature
• Japanese: シノニム (shinonimu) — in zoological nomenclature
• Japanese: 異名 (imei) — in zoological nomenclature
• Portuguese: sinónimo — in zoological nomenclature
• Portuguese: sinônimo — in zoological nomenclature
• Swahili: sinonimu — in zoological nomenclature
• Swedish: synonym — in zoological nomenclature
• Swedish: vetenskaplig synonym — in zoological nomenclature
• Swedish: namnsynonym — in zoological nomenclature
• Czech: synonymum — in botanical nomenclature
• Dutch: synoniem — in botanical nomenclature
• Finnish: synonyymi — in botanical nomenclature
• Galician: sinónimo — in botanical nomenclature
• Japanese: シノニム (shinonimu) — in botanical nomenclature
• Japanese: 異名 (imei) — in botanical nomenclature
• Portuguese: sinónimo — in botanical nomenclature
• Portuguese: sinônimo — in botanical nomenclature
• Swahili: sinonimu — in botanical nomenclature
• Swedish: synonym — in botanical nomenclature
• Swedish: vetenskaplig synonym — in botanical nomenclature
• Swedish: namnsynonym — in botanical nomenclature