SYNONYM Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

synonym

noun

Definition of synonym

as in equivalent

a word having the same meaning as another word He needed an synonym for "cold," and decided to use "freezing."

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Recent Examples of synonym The first end-rhyme word is almost a synonym for what bad writing does. — New York Times, 28 May 2026 Which is why people are still talking about Mangione’s case, using his name as a synonym for the verb to kill, and mirroring aspects of his alleged crime, more than a year later. — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026 Concrete, the structure’s dominant material, may be a synonym for fixed and definite, but the experience within is inescapably fluid. — Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2026 Commentators have taken to treating gay and its synonyms as an insult. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for synonym

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Diskin, Easo, Radhakrishnan, Sudakov, and Tassion were trying to work out something fundamental about how graphs — networks of points connected by lines, or edges — can be taken over by large connected areas, the equivalent of pools of fluid.

— Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026
California Cruise is close to the European equivalent of the Tourer 4Motion camper van Volkswagen already announced for the US market.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of equivalent

Noun

The trousers give me an alternative to jeans that still feels easy to style.

— Kaitlin Marks, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026
For morning rush-hour commuters in Broward heading toward the Golden Glades Interchange and beyond, the best alternative is to take Florida’s Turnpike or State Road 7.

— Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of alternative

Noun

Lawmakers could offer substitute proposals, with final votes after 100 hours of debate.

— Kevin Freking, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
Quinta de la Rosa Extra Dry White Port Perfumed with a note of pear, this offering is a great lower-alcohol substitute for gin or vodka in most cocktails but equally quaffable when splashed with tonic or seltzer.

— Joseph Hernandez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

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