synonymous

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈnɑnɪməs/

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Adjective

synonymous (not comparable)

1. (construed with with, narrower sense) having an identical meaning
2. (construed with with, broader sense) having a similar meaning
3. (construed with with) of, or being a synonym
4. (genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

Antonyms

• antonymous
• nonsynonymous
• (genetics): nonsynonymous

Related terms

• synonym
• synonymity

Translations

having an identical meaning

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} synonymní, ^{(please verify)} souznačný
• German: bedeutungsgleich (de), gleichbedeutend (de), synonym (de), synonymisch
• Latin: synonymos, synonymus

• Latvian: sinonīms (lv), sinonīmisks
• Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)

having a similar meaning

• Catalan: sinònim (ca)
• Czech: ^{(please verify)} synonymní, ^{(please verify)} souznačný
• Dutch: synoniem (nl), evenwoordig
• Estonian: sünonüümne
• Finnish: synonyyminen (fi), samanmerkityksinen (fi)
• Galician: sinónimo (gl)
• German: bedeutungsähnlich, sinnverwandt (de), synonym (de)
• Italian: sinonimo (it) m

• Latvian: sinonīms (lv), sinonīmisks
• Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
• Russian: синоними́чный (ru) ‎(sinonimíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: istoznačan (sh), sinoniman (sh)
• Spanish: sinónimo (es)
• Swedish: synonym (sv)
• Volapük: leigasinifik, otsinifik

of, or being a synonym

• Czech: ^{(please verify)} synonymní, ^{(please verify)} souznačný
• Dutch: evenwoordig, synoniem (nl)
• Estonian: sünonüümne
• Finnish: synonyyminen (fi)
• German: synonym (de)
• Latvian: sinonīms (lv), sinonīmisks

• Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: sinónimo (es)
• Swedish: synonym (sv)
• Volapük: leigasinifavödik, otsinifavödik

genetics: with both forms yielding the same protein

• French: synonyme (fr)
• Italian: sinonimo (it)

• Portuguese: sinónimo (pt) (Portugal), sinônimo (pt) (Brazil)
• Spanish: sinónimo (es)