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synonymy(dictionary)

synonymy (iou)



synonymy noun. In sense 1 also (earlier) sinonima. M16.
[Late Latin synonymia from Greek sunonumia, from sunonumos: see SYNONYM, -Y3.]
The use of synonyms or of words as synonyms; spec. a rhetorical figure in which synonyms are used for amplification. M16.
= SYNONYM 1. E17-L18.
A set of synonyms; synonyms collectively. L17.
The quality or fact of being synonymous; identity of meaning or application. L18.