EQUIVALENT WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equivalent word mean? 

• EQUIVALENT WORD (noun)
  The noun EQUIVALENT WORD has 1 sense:

1. two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

  Familiarity information: EQUIVALENT WORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUIVALENT WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

equivalent word; synonym

Hypernyms ("equivalent word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)