synonymy
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Is synonymy a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (semantics) A certain degree of similarity between the meaning(s) of several (synonymous) words or phrases. (See Usage notes below.)Synonyms: homosemy, synonymity, synonymousnessAntonyms: nonsynonymy, ;, antonymycountableuncountable
2. (rhetoric) The use of synonyms to clarify or explain one's meaning.Synonyms: interpretatio, interpreter, synonymiacountablerhetoricuncountable
3. (taxonomy) The state of not being the name to be used, of being a synonym.Examples: "sink into synonymy"; "In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy."countableuncountable
4. (taxonomy, by extension) A group or list of synonyms.Examples: "The synonymy of Tachina is extensive."; "Descriptions are followed by a synonymy of the names that have been applied in the literature ."broadlycountableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary