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    Is there another word for synonym?

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    synonym |?sin??nim|
    noun
    a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close .
    • a person or thing so closely associated with a particular quality or idea that the mention of their name calls it to mind: the Victorian age is a synonym for sexual puritanism.
    • Biology a taxonomic name that has the same application as another, esp. one that has been superseded and is no longer valid.
    DERIVATIVES
    synonymic |?sin??nimik|adjective,
    synonymity |?sin??nimit?|noun
    ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek sun?numon, neuter (used as a noun) of the adjective sun?numos, from sun- ‘with’ + onuma ‘name.’

    surrogate word

    Yes there is, it is poecilonym


     


     


     

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