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EQUIVALENT WORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does equivalent word mean?
• EQUIVALENT WORD (noun)
The noun EQUIVALENT WORD has 1 sense:
1. two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Familiarity information: EQUIVALENT WORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
equivalent word; synonym
Hypernyms ("equivalent word" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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