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synonymous

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syn·on·y·mous  (s-nn-ms)
adj.
1. Having the same or a similar meaning: synonymous words.
2. Equivalent in connotation: "a widespread impression that . . . Hollywood was synonymous with immorality" (Doris Kearns Goodwin).

[From Medieval Latin synnymus, from Greek sunnumos : sun-, syn- + onoma, onuma, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

syn·ony·mous·ly adv.

synonymous [sɪˈnɒnɪməs]
adj
1. (often foll by with) being a synonym (of)
2. (postpositive; foll by with) closely associated (with) or suggestive (of) his name was synonymous with greed
synonymously  adv
synonymousness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.synonymous - (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
antonymous - of words: having opposite meanings

synonymous
adjective equivalent, the same, identical, similar, identified, equal, tantamount, interchangeable, one and the same Going grey is not necessarily synonymous with growing old.
Translations
synonymous [sɪˈnɒnɪməs] ADJsinónimo (with con)
synonymous [sɪˈnɒnɪməs] adjsynonyme
synonymous with sth → synonyme de qch
Going grey is not necessarily synonymous with growing old → Grisonner n'est pas nécessairement synonyme de vieillir.
synonymous
adjsynonym, synonymisch; his name was synonymous with sexsein Name war gleichbedeutend mit Sex
synonymous [sɪˈnɒnɪməs] adj synonymous (with)sinonimo/a (di)
synonymous [sɪˈnɒnɪməs] adj synonymous (with)sinonimo/a (di)


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I have asserted, that true honour and true virtue are almost synonymous terms, and they are both founded on the unalterable rule of right, and the eternal fitness of things; to which an untruth being absolutely repugnant and contrary, it is certain that true honour cannot support an untruth.
, have gone straight to her this very evening, and spoken out the words which, repressed, kept fretting my heart with fever; our united income would, as we should have managed it, have sufficed well for our mutual support; since we lived in a country where economy was not confounded with meanness, where frugality in dress, food, and furniture, was not synonymous with vulgarity in these various points.
Bounderby does not do you the injustice, and does not do himself the injustice, of pretending to anything fanciful, fantastic, or (I am using synonymous terms) sentimental.
 
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