# synonymy

> English word · Noun · IPA /sɪˈnɒnəmi/ · frequency rank #67,875

## Definitions
1. A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)
2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
3. The use of synonyms to clarify or explain one's meaning.
4. The study of synonyms.
5. A system of synonyms.
6. The state of not being the name to be used, of being a synonym.
7. A group or list of synonyms.

## Etymology
From French synonymie and its etymon Late Latin synōnymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía), from συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos, “of like name”) + -ία (-ía, abstract noun suffix). By surface analysis, synonym + -y or syn- + -onymy. Doublet of synonymia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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