Synonyms for synonymous
- adjective
Most common
homosemic homosemous equivalent convertible synonymic synonymical
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Homosemic — having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
Other
equivalent, similar, corresponding, convertible, correspondent, synonymic, synonymical, synonymal dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
Related words
- Word family
- synonymousness synonym synonymity
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To say that we are morally developed is synonymous with saying that we have reaped what some one has suffered for us. To consider synonymous words identical is fatal to accuracy; to forget that they are similar, to some extent equivalent, and sometimes interchangeable, is destructive of freedom and variety.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- equivalent Heimat is a German word with no English equivalent.
- convertible I'd like to drive across the USA in a convertible.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| synonymous | steady | |
| equivalent | falling | |
| convertible | steady | |
| synonymic | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- similar3
- 9 letters
- homosemic, synonymic, synonymal
- 10 letters
- equivalent4, homosemous
- 11 letters
- convertible4, synonymical
- 13 letters
- corresponding4, correspondent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (similar3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- synonyme
- Deutsch
- gleichbedeutend