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by T4 on March 17th, 2010

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What’s another word for “synonym”?

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  • by Taylor on October 25th, 2007

    Taylor

    As this question is very old, you may not even care anymore, but here's an answer anyway:

    poecilonym

    Definition: synonym; one of a variety of names for a thing

    It's an antiquated word and not found in most modern dictionaries, but can be found here:

    http://phrontistery.info/p.html

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  • by EL1 2 on January 3rd, 2007

    EL1 2

    http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/synonym shows a lot. None of them are perfect, but they could be used in a worst-case scenario or for poetic reasons.

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  • by tigueron on January 3rd, 2007

    tigueron

    you mean a synonym for synonym? wouldn't that create a black hole?

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  • by maddock on October 25th, 2007

    maddock

    I'd use something like 'analog', I think that describes it best.

    Others might be 'exchangeable', 'similarity'.

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  • by lightfly on January 3rd, 2007

    lightfly

    Found online:

    analogue, annotation, answer, characterization, clarification, clue, comment, commentary, cue, delimitation, delineation, demarcation, denotation, determination, diagnosis, drift, elucidation, exemplification, explanation, explication, exposition, expounding, fixing, formalization, gloss, individuation, interpretation, key, outlining, rationale, rendering, rendition, representation, settling, signification, solution, synonym, terminology, translation


    adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, similarity, synonym, synonymy


    I think analogue comes the closest.

    ***Elitheeli did the same thing.

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  • by Anonymous on March 17th, 2010

    Anonymous

    Antiantonym.

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  • by Prunesquallor on September 13th, 2009

    Prunesquallor

    Is there a synonym for 'synonym'? Not that I'm aware of. You might be thinking of 'homonym', which defines two words which are spelled and pronounced the same, but which mean something different. 'Hold', to grip and 'hold' the cargo space on a ship are homonyms.

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  • by Sokoot on October 11th, 2009

    Sokoot

    Good question. I couldn't think of any synonyms for the word synonym itself but here are some synonyms for it's adjective, synonymous:
    Comparable, equal, exchangeable, interchangeable, similar, the same.

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  • by joepiler on January 27th, 2011

    joepiler

    Damn, thats a trickie one....

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  • by MS.TODD on March 17th, 2010

    MS.TODD

    same meaning

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  • by Wellduh on March 17th, 2010

    Wellduh

    Let me guess....we are doing your crossword puzzle for you again?

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  • by Wolfgang31 on March 18th, 2010

    Wolfgang31

    Are you sure that that's synonym and not just a strange case of antonym?

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  • by henrymonga on March 23rd, 2010

    henrymonga

    Comparable, equal, similar or the same.

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  • by emmeta on January 27th, 2011

    emmeta

    Yes there is, its not a modern word more like 1800's but it is poecilonym. You cannot find this in today's dictionary but to impress your friends you could try(:

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  • by FlaminCows on June 27th, 2010

    FlaminCows

    Equivalent. Metonym. Both work pretty well.

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  • by iwnit on October 25th, 2007

    iwnit

    1) "adequation, agreement, alikeness, compatibility, conformity, correlation, correspondence, equality, evenness, exchangeability, identity, interchangeability, interchangeableness, likeness, match, par, parallel, parity, similarity"
    Source:
    http://forums.fallofnations.com/thread.php?threadid=3875


    2) poecilonym
    Source:
    http://phrontistery.info/name.html


    3) "In internerd language, there even is a synonym for 'synonym' on websites. These computer-created 'content-synonyms' are called 'see also's."
    Source:
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=synonym

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