synonymous

American  

[si-non-uh-muhs] / sɪˈnɒn ə məs /

adjective

1. having the character of synonyms or a synonym; equivalent in meaning; expressing or implying the same idea.

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synonymous British  

/ sɪˈnɒnɪməs /

adjective

1. (often foll by with) being a synonym (of)

2. closely associated (with) or suggestive (of)

   his name was synonymous with greed

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Other Word Forms

• nonsynonymous adjective
• nonsynonymously adverb
• synonymously adverb
• synonymousness noun
• unsynonymous adjective
• unsynonymously adverb

Etymology

Origin of synonymous

First recorded in 1600–10; from Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Greek synṓnymos, equivalent to syn- prefix + -ōnym- “name, word” + -os adjective suffix; syn-, -onym, -ous

Example Sentences

From the first foundations being laid in 1819, it seemed that the hotel was destined to become synonymous with ice.

From BBC

Bormio is synonymous with downhill skiing but some athletes will also be attempting to go uphill in the only new sport at these Winter Olympics – ski mountaineering, or skimo for short.

From BBC

Rodriguez said she would convert this place synonymous with suffering into a sports, cultural and shopping facility.

From Barron's

AI will disrupt labor markets, but disruption isn’t synonymous with destruction.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then he becomes, alarmingly, synonymous with “the U.S.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• compatible
• identical
• identified
• interchangeable
• one and the same