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synonymize

especially British, syn·on·y·mise

[si-non-uh-mahyz]

verb (used with object)

synonymized, synonymizing 
  1. to give synonyms for (a word, name, etc.); furnish with synonyms.



synonymize

/ sɪˈnɒnɪˌmaɪz /

verb

  1. (tr) to analyse the synonyms of or provide with synonyms

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of synonymize1

First recorded in 1585–95; synonym + -ize
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Example Sentences

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Blaming Track Palin’s problems on Obama’s policy is just trading in the old Stabbed In The Back myth, repurposed from Weimar Germany by way of Vietnam, to synonymize an antipathy for the policy and strategy for which troops died with an antipathy for the troops themselves.

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Blaming Track Palin’s problems on Obama’s policy is just trading in the old Stabbed In The Back myth, repurposed from Weimar Germany by way of Vietnam, to synonymize an antipathy for the policy and strategy for which troops died with an antipathy for the troops themselves.

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That’s branding, and every flyover or unfurling of an America-shaped American flag by combat veterans is a deliberate, crass attempt to so wholly synonymize the fiscal upward-suction of the NFL with terms like valor, duty and honor.

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