SYNONYM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synonym mean? 

• SYNONYM (noun)
  The noun SYNONYM has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SYNONYM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNONYM (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 ("synonym" is a kind of...):

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

Antonym:

antonym (a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other)

Derivation:

synonymous ((of words) meaning the same or nearly the same)

 Context examples 

They can be thought of as synonyms or alternative valid forms of a particular concept.

(NCI Concept Atom, NCI Thesaurus)

The term basophilic leukemia is used as a synonym for acute basophilic leukemia.

(Acute Basophilic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

It is considered the mouse counterpart or synonym for Atypical Hyperplasia, DIN in the human breast.

(Low Grade Mouse MIN, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Sialoglycosphingolipids (synonym: gangliosides) are glycosphingolipids carrying one or more sialic residues.

(Ganglioside, NCI Thesaurus)

Since acute eosinophilic leukemia is at best exceedingly rare, the term eosinophilic leukemia is normally used as a synonym for chronic eosinophilic leukemia.

(Chronic Eosinophilic Leukemia, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

This term has also been used as a synonym for juvenile fibroadenoma by some authors.

(Giant Fibroadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes used as a synonym for myelogenous; for example, acute myeloid leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are the same disease.

(Myeloid, NCI Dictionary)

Sometimes used as a synonym for myeloid; for example, acute myeloid leukemia and acute myelogenous leukemia are the same disease.

(Myelogenous, NCI Dictionary)

Often used interchangeably as a synonym for subject but healthy volunteers are not, strictly speaking, patients.

(Patient, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

NCIt has rich textual and formal logic descriptions of biomedical concepts, including full text definitions, synonyms, a true is_a taxonomic structure, polyhierarchy, inferred partonomy, and other features that make it suitable for supporting accurate human understanding and complex computer processing.

(NCI Thesaurus, NCI Thesaurus)