synonymous
pronunciation
How to pronounce synonymous in British English:
UK [sɪˈnɒnɪməs]
How to pronounce synonymous in American English:
US [sɪˈnɑnɪməs]
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- Adjective:
- (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
Word Origin
- synonymous (adj.)
- c. 1600, of words, "denoting the same idea," from Medieval Latin synonymus, from Greek synonymos, from synonymon (see synonym). Related: Synonymously.
Example
- 1. Maybe mcdonald 's and breakfast will soon be synonymous !
- 2. Small is also no longer synonymous with insecure .
- 3. Independence should not be synonymous with secrecy .
- 4. Is literature synonymous with science ?
- 5. Accounting fraud and china have become synonymous for many investors .