SYNONYMY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does synonymy mean? 

• SYNONYMY (noun)
  The noun SYNONYMY has 1 sense:

1. the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

  Familiarity information: SYNONYMY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYNONYMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

synonymity; synonymousness; synonymy

Hypernyms ("synonymy" is a kind of...):

semantic relation (a relation between meanings)

Derivation:

synonymist (a student of synonyms)