synonymy
noun/sɪˈnɒnɪmi/
Frequency rank: #19,510 most common English word
Meaning
The quality of being synonymous; the relationship between words that have the same or very similar meanings.
Example sentence
The professor explained the concept of synonymy by showing how 'begin' and 'start' share the same meaning.
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