synonymously

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.

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

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syn·ony·mous·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

synonymously - in a synonymous manner; "the two terms are used synonymously"