noun🔗Share(strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word."In English class, we learned that "happy" and "joyful" are synonyms. "languagewordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase."“Happy” is a synonym of “glad”."languagewordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym)."In botany, Aster novi-belgii is the valid name for a certain type of aster, but Symphyotrichum novi-belgii is one of its synonyms. "biologyscienceorganismwordlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAny name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name."In biology, a single type of organism may have multiple synonyms; for instance, a plant's common name and its scientific name are often synonyms referring to the same species. "biologysciencewordlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database."In the company database, employees often use synonyms like "Customer" instead of the full table name "Customer_Information" to make their queries shorter and easier to read. "computingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
