Word Meanings - SYNONYMOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea. -- Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv. These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same

Additional info about word: SYNONYMOUS

Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea. -- Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv. These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed; for wisdom and understanding are synonymous words here. Tillotson. Syn. -- Identical; interchangeable. -- Synonymous, Identical. If no words are synonymous except those which are identical in use and meaning, so that the one can in all cases be substituted for the other, we have scarcely ten such words in our language. But the term more properly denotes that the words in question approach so near to each other, that, in many or most cases, they can be used interchangeably. 1. Words may thus coincide in certain connections, and so be interchanged, when they can not be interchanged in other connections; thus we may speak either strength of mind or of force of mind, but we say the force of gravitation. 2. Two words may differ slightly, but this difference may be unimportant to the speaker's object, so that he may freely interchange them; thus it makes but little difference, in most cases, whether we speak of a man's having secured his object or having attained his object. For these and other causes we have numerous words which may, in many cases or connections, be used interchangeably, and these are properly called synonyms. Synonymous words "are words which, with great and essential resemblances of meaning, have, at the same time, small, subordinate, and partial differences, -- these differences being such as either originally and on the ground of their etymology inhered in them; or differences which they have by usage acquired in the eyes of all; or such as, though nearly latent now, they are capable of receiving at the hands of wise and discreet masters of the tongue. Synonyms are words of like significance in the main, but with a certain unlikeness as well." Trench.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SYNONYMOUS)

• Tantamount
• Equal
• equivalent
• equipollent
• synonymous

Related words: (words related to SYNONYMOUS)

• EQUALIZER
  One who, or that which, equalizes anything.
• EQUALIZE
  1. To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared; as, to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes. One poor moment can suffice To equalize the lofty and the low. Wordsworth. No system of instruction will completely
• EQUALITY
  Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does. Confessional equality. See under
• EQUIVALENTLY
  In an equal manner.
• TANTAMOUNT
  Equivalent in value, signification, or effect. A usage nearly tantamount to constitutional right. Hallam. The certainty that delay, under these circumstances, was tantamount to ruin. De Quincey.
• EQUIVALENT
  Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. (more info) aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power,
• EQUIPOLLENT
  Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently. (more info) 1. Having equal power or force; equivalent. Bacon.
• SYNONYMOUS
  Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea. -- Syn*on"y*mous*ly, adv. These words consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same
• EQUAL
  Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. (more info) 1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied
• EQUALIZATION
  The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized. Their equalization with the rest of their fellow subjects. Burke.
• EQUIPOLLENTLY
  With equal power. Barrow.
• EQUALITARIAN
  One who believes in equalizing the condition of men; a leveler.
• EQUALLY
  In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc.
• EQUALNESS
  Equality; evenness. Shak.
• UNEQUALABLE
  Not capable of being equaled or paralleled. Boyle.
• INEQUALITY
  An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1. (more info) 1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
• UNEQUALNESS
  The quality or state of being unequal; inequality; unevenness. Jer. Taylor.
• SUBEQUAL
  Nearly equal.
• COEQUALITY
  The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
• UNEQUALED
  Not equaled; unmatched; unparalleled; unrivaled; exceeding; surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness.
• COEQUAL
  Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n.
• UNEQUALLY
  In an unequal manner. Unequally pinnate , pinnate, but with an odd number of leaflets.