Meanings
- not comparableparticularly in semanticsHaving a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
For much of the time that incels have self-described as such, their collective worldview has been synonymous with the ‘blackpill’.
2023 January 28, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 52 more examples
He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXVII. Lady Marchmont to Sir Jasper Meredith.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 243Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry.
2019 July 17, Talia Levin, “When Non-Jews Wield Anti-Semitism as Political Shield”, in GQSynonyms: homosemous, homosemic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekσυνώνυμος
- Medieval Latinsynōnymus
- Englishsynonymous
From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous.
More words from Medieval Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συνώνυμος
- συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos)having an identical meaning
Bulgarian еднозначен, синонимен
- еднозначен (ednoznačen)having an identical meaning
- синонимен (sinonimen)of, or being a synonym
Catalan sinònim, sinònim
- sinònimhaving an identical meaning
- sinònimhaving a similar meaning
Czech synonymní, souznačný
- synonymníhaving an identical meaning
- souznačnýhaving an identical meaning
- synonymníhaving a similar meaning
- souznačnýhaving a similar meaning
Dutch gelijkbetekenend, synoniem
- gelijkbetekenendhaving an identical meaning
- synoniemhaving a similar meaning
- evenwoordigof, or being a synonym
- synoniemof, or being a synonym
Esperanto sinonima
- sinonimahaving an identical meaning
Estonian sünonüümne, sünonüümne
- sünonüümnehaving a similar meaning
- sünonüümneof, or being a synonym
Finnish synonyyminen, samanmerkityksinen
- synonyyminenhaving an identical meaning
- samanmerkityksinenhaving an identical meaning
- synonyyminenhaving a similar meaning
- samanmerkityksinenhaving a similar meaning
- synonyyminenof, or being a synonym
French synonyme
- synonymegenetics: with both forms yielding the same protein
German bedeutungsgleich, gleichbedeutend
- bedeutungsgleichhaving an identical meaning
- gleichbedeutendhaving an identical meaning
- synonymhaving an identical meaning
- synonymischhaving an identical meaning
- bedeutungsähnlichhaving a similar meaning
- sinnverwandthaving a similar meaning
- synonymhaving a similar meaning
- synonymof, or being a synonym
Hindi समानार्थक, समानार्थक
- समानार्थक (samānārthak)having an identical meaning
- समानार्थक (samānārthak)having a similar meaning
- समानार्थक (samānārthak)of, or being a synonym
Hungarian szinonim, rokon értelmű
- szinonimhaving a similar meaning
- rokon értelműhaving a similar meaning
Irish comhchiallach
- comhchiallachhaving an identical meaning
Italian sinonimo, sinonimo
- sinonimohaving a similar meaning
- sinonimogenetics: with both forms yielding the same protein
Latin synonymos, synonymus
- synonymoshaving an identical meaning
- synonymushaving an identical meaning
Latvian sinonīms, sinonīmisks
- sinonīmshaving an identical meaning
- sinonīmiskshaving an identical meaning
- sinonīmshaving a similar meaning
- sinonīmiskshaving a similar meaning
- sinonīmsof, or being a synonym
- sinonīmisksof, or being a synonym
Polish równoznaczny, synonimiczny
- równoznacznyhaving an identical meaning
- synonimicznyhaving an identical meaning
- bliskoznacznyhaving an identical meaning
- bliskoznacznyhaving a similar meaning
- synonimicznyhaving a similar meaning
Portuguese sinónimo, sinônimo
- sinónimohaving an identical meaning
- sinônimohaving an identical meaning
- sinónimohaving a similar meaning
- sinônimohaving a similar meaning
- sinónimoof, or being a synonym
- sinônimoof, or being a synonym
- sinónimogenetics: with both forms yielding the same protein
- sinônimogenetics: with both forms yielding the same protein
Russian синоними́чный, синоними́ческий
- синоними́чный (sinonimíčnyj)having an identical meaning
- синоними́ческий (sinonimíčeskij)having an identical meaning
- синоними́чный (sinonimíčnyj)having a similar meaning
Spanish sinónimo, sinónimo
- sinónimohaving an identical meaning
- sinónimohaving a similar meaning
- sinónimoof, or being a synonym
- sinónimogenetics: with both forms yielding the same protein
Swedish liktydig, synonym
- liktydighaving an identical meaning
- synonymhaving a similar meaning
- synonymof, or being a synonym
Ukrainian синонімі́чний, синонімі́чний
- синонімі́чний (synonimíčnyj)having an identical meaning
- синонімі́чний (synonimíčnyj)having a similar meaning
Welsh cyfystyr
- cyfystyrhaving an identical meaning
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with synonymous
Cite this entry
synonymous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synonymous
“synonymous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synonymous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “synonymous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/synonymous.
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