synonymic
Sharing identical meanings
Synonymic means relating to or involving synonyms—words with similar meanings.
The term appears in linguistic and literary discussions: a synonymic relationship between "begin" and "commence", synonymic variation in the text.
Less common than synonymous, which covers similar ground.
Word having related meanings
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
- denotationWord's explicit dictionary meaning
paraphrase · hypernym · lexeme · morpheme · collocation · thesaurus · wordbook · glossary
Same in value or function
- interchangeableAble to replace another
- identicalExactly the same
- sameIdentical in nature
- equalIdentical in amount
corresponding · congruent · matching · parallel · analogous · tantamount · coequal · homologous
Restating in different terms
- restatementRewording of something said
- rephrasingRestating in other words
- paraphrasingRestating in new words
- restatingExpressing again in other words
reformulation · variation · rendering · version · approximation · substitution · circumlocution
polysemy
Word having related meanings
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- lexicologyScience of vocabulary analysis
- connotationImplied sense, not dictionary
denotation · paraphrase · hypernym · lexeme · morpheme · collocation · thesaurus · wordbook · glossary · lexicon
equivalent
Same in value or function
- interchangeableAble to replace another
- identicalExactly the same
- sameIdentical in nature
equal · corresponding · congruent · matching · parallel · analogous · tantamount · coequal · homologous · indistinguishable
rewording
Restating in different terms
- restatementRewording of something said
- rephrasingRestating in other words
- paraphrasingRestating in new words
restating · reformulation · variation · rendering · version · approximation · substitution · circumlocution
synonymicantonymic
Describing contrary terms
antonymous · antithetical · oppositional · contradictory · contrary
- synonym finderTool listing equivalent words
- synonym listCompilation of equivalent terms
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