syn|on|y|mous

syn|on|y|mous
syn|on|y|mous «sih NON uh muhs», adjective.
having the same or nearly the same meaning; having the character of a synonym. Little and small are synonymous. »

Being good was…represented to me as synonymous with keeping silence (Harriet Beecher Stowe). Figurative. Americans who can't afford to buy all the gadgets that have become synonymous with the American standard of living still are better off than people anywhere else in the world (Newsweek).

[< Medieval Latin synonymus (with English -ous) < Greek syn < syn- together + dialectal ónyma name]
syn|on´y|mous|ly, adverb.

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  • syn|on´y|mous|ly — syn|on|y|mous «sih NON uh muhs», adjective. having the same or nearly the same meaning; having the character of a synonym. Little and small are synonymous. »Being good was…represented to me as synonymous with keeping silence (Harriet Beecher… …   Useful english dictionary

  • syn·on·y·mous — …   Useful english dictionary

  • syn — syn·a·del·phite; syn·aes·the·sis; syn·a·gog·al; syn·a·gogue; syn·al·lag·mat·ic; syn·a·loe·pha; syn·anastomosis; syn·an·ce·ja; syn·an·gial; syn·an·gi·um; syn·an·tec·tic; syn·an·thae; syn·an·thous; syn·an·thy; syn·a·phea; syn·aposematic;… …   English syllables

  • mous — ab·nor·mous; ag·a·mous; al·log·a·mous; al·mous; am·phi·des·mous; am·phid·ro·mous; am·phis·to·mous; anad·ro·mous; an·gi·o·sper·mous; an·isog·a·mous; anon·y·mous; an·ton·y·mous; apla·nog·a·mous; as·to·mous; athal·a·mous; au·mous; au·tog·a·mous;… …   English syllables

  • syn|ga|mous — «SIHNG guh muhs», adjective. = syngamic. (Cf. ↑syngamic) …   Useful english dictionary

  • syn|pel|mous — «sihn PEHL muhs», adjective. = sympelmous. (Cf. ↑sympelmous) …   Useful english dictionary

  • syn|sper|mous — «sihn SPUR muhs», adjective. characterized by synspermy …   Useful english dictionary

  • e|nor´mous|ness — e|nor|mous «ih NR muhs», adjective. 1. very, very large; huge: »Long ago, enormous, shaggy mammoths lived on the earth. The glutton had an enormous appetite. SYNONYM(S): immense, colossal, gigantic, vast, mammoth, prodigious, stupendous. See syn …   Useful english dictionary

  • e|nor|mous — «ih NR muhs», adjective. 1. very, very large; huge: »Long ago, enormous, shaggy mammoths lived on the earth. The glutton had an enormous appetite. SYNONYM(S): immense, colossal, gigantic, vast, mammoth, prodigious, stupendous. See syn. under huge …   Useful english dictionary

  • synonymous — syn·on·y·mous …   English syllables

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