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SYNONYMOUSNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synonymousness mean? 

SYNONYMOUSNESS (noun)
  The noun SYNONYMOUSNESS has 1 sense:

1. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaningplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SYNONYMOUSNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

synonymity; synonymousness; synonymy

Hypernyms ("synonymousness" is a kind of...):

semantic relation (a relation between meanings)

Derivation:

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


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