same meaning
Expressing identical concepts
Two or more words or expressions have the same meaning when they can substitute for each other without changing what's communicated.
Perfect synonymy is rare—most "same meaning" pairs differ in register, connotation, or context: sofa and couch are close, but commence and begin feel different despite meaning the same thing.
The phrase often appears in language learning and translation: What's a word with the same meaning as "happy"?
- identicalExactly the same
- equivalentSame in value or function
- equalIdentical in amount
- alikeSharing key features
- matchingIdentical in appearance
similar · two peas in a pod · uniform · cookie cutter · twin · spitting image · duplicate · clone · dead ringer · ditto · interchangeable · indistinguishable · unchanged · consistent · parallel · mirror · carbon copy · replica
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