English-German translations for synonym

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  Fußball und das Vereinigte Königreich sind Synonyme. Football is synonymous with the UK.
  Es sind Synonyme, ebenso wie auch Reform und Spekulation sowie Reform und Korruption. They are synonymous, as are reform and racketeering, and reform and corruption.
  Das Wort "Zyanid" ist ein Synonym für "Tod". The word 'cyanide' is synonymous with 'death'.
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Definition of synonym

• A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word
• A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase
• Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym
• An alternative name defined for an object in a database

Examples

• “Happy” is a synonym of “glad”

Related words

• synonymicon
• synonymous
• synonymic
• synonymical
• synonymity
• synonyms
• synonymy
• synonymously
• synonymize