Synonymy

Origin

From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία, from σύν (sun, "with") + ὄνομα (onoma, "name").

Full definition of synonymy

Noun

1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
3. The study of synonyms.
4. A system of synonyms.
5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonymIn 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Antonyms

• antonymy