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synonym
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noun (n)

  • two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; -- so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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