syn·on·y·mous (s -n n  -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 syn  nymus, from Greek sunnumos : sun-, syn- + onoma, onuma, name; see n -men- in Indo-European roots.]syn·on y·mous·ly adv. |
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| Adv. | 1. | synonymously - in a synonymous manner; "the two terms are used synonymously" |
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