Associations to the word «Synonymy»

Wiktionary

SYNONYMY, noun. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
SYNONYMY, noun. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
SYNONYMY, noun. The study of synonyms.
SYNONYMY, noun. A system of synonyms.
SYNONYMY, noun. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
SYNONYMY, noun. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
SYNONYMY, noun. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras