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synonyms

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  1. Words that mean roughly the same thing. Container and receptacle are synonyms.


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Synonyms might as well have been "putrid" or "gross" — conjuring old, decaying food matter that was past its prime yet eaten primarily out of necessity.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2022

Yoav, played by Tom Mercier, is the troubled lead character in Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms.

From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2019

Synonyms A young Israeli arrives in Paris seeking to reinvent himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2019

Synonyms developed: bizarre, peculiar, quirky, screwy, weird and wild, among them.

From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2016

Synonyms: thug, delinquent, hooligan, low-life, gangster, and, according to Long, Brianna.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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