"word having the same sense as another," early 15c. (but usually in plural form before 18c., or, if singular, as synonyma), from Old French synonyme (12c.) and directly from Late Latin synon [..]

word that means the same thing as another.

Words with the same or similar meaning.

n. A word having the same or almost the same meaning as some other.

A word or word group with the same or similar meaning as another word or word group, for example want (desire), go away (leave).

Synonyms are different words with almost identical or similar meanings, e.g neoplasm and tumor

This means a word with almost the same meaning and are interchangeable. Compare antonym.

A word or phrase that has the same (or very nearly the same) meaning as another term in the same language, for example, the terms "book jacket" and "dust jacket." Synonyms in a lan [..]

A name that is spelled differently than another name that refers to the same taxon. In the case of clade names, synonyms may be homodefinitional or heterodefinitional.

(n) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

one of two or more scientific names that have been applied to a given taxon (species, genus, family, etc.). A synonym is a name by which a taxon was previously known, but is no longer considered the v [..]

A word that is the same or nearly the same as an indexed word and that should produce the same results when specified in a search request. For example, a search for "Rocky Four" or [..]

(synonym): the synonym of a word is another word with (essentially) the same meaning. Thus little and small are synonyms of each other.

One of two or more different names applied to one and the same taxon.

A word which is taken to have the same meaning as one or more other words. The collocations in which words occur may — indeed usually do — differ as seen with cranium and skull which are distinguished [..]

One of two or more names which have been given to a single species. The earliest name usually (should) takes precedence. Systemic insecticide.

different scientific names that pertain to the same taxon

Duplicated scientific names applied to the same taxon. The first published species name is valid. Others are called junior or invalid synonyms. When taxonomists revise the classification of a species [..]

a word which has the same meaning as another. "Elated," which is a synonym for "ecstatic." See also: antonym.

a word that has the same meaning as another word

  A word that is equivalent to another word and that can be substituted for it in a particular context, although the words do not have identical meanings. For example, the verbs type and keyboard are [..]

In MGI, a synonym is either an unofficial symbol that has appeared in the scientific literature or in public databases such as GenBank, or a formerly official symbol, withdrawn due to gene family revisions or to conform to the human ortholog symbol.

(semantics,sensu stricto|with respect to a given word) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word. (semantics,sensu lato|with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with [..]

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate ar [..]

A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate ar [..]

In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name, although the term is used somewhat differently in the zoological code [..]

In scientific nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name, although the term is used somewhat differently in the zoological code [..]

A synonym is an alias or alternate name for a table, view, sequence, or other schema object. They are used mainly to make it easy for users to access database objects owned by other users. They hide t [..]

A synonym is a word with an identical or very similar meaning to another word. Synonym may also refer to: Synonym (taxonomy), a different scientific name used for a single taxon Synonym (database), a [..]