synonymous

(sĭ-nŏn'ə-məs)
adj.

1. Having the same or a similar meaning: synonymous words.
2. Equivalent in connotation: "a widespread impression that . . . Hollywood was synonymous with immorality" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

[From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Greek sunōnumos : sun-, syn- + onoma, onuma, name.]

synonymously syn·on'y·mous·ly adv.

adj

Definition: equivalent
Antonyms: different, dissimilar, opposite, polar, unequal

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IN BRIEF: Of the same or almost the same meaning.

Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect. — Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English statesman, lawyer, philosopher and essayist.

Common misspelling(s) of synonymous

• synonomous

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - synonymt, andet ord med samme betydning

Nederlands (Dutch)
synoniem, met gelijke betekenis

Français (French)
adj. - synonyme

Deutsch (German)
adj. - synonym, gleichbedeutend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - συνώνυμος, ταυτόσημος

Italiano (Italian)
sinonimo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sinônimo

Русский (Russian)
синонимический, тождественный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sinonímico, sinónimo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - synonym, liktydig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
同义字的, 同义的, 类义字的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 同義字的, 同義的, 類義字的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 동의어의, 같은 뜻의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 類義語の, 同意語の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مترادف , ترادفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נרדף, קרוב במשמעותו, סינונימי‬

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