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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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Because they’re synonyms — they are one and the same.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2024

Pedrosa, however, speaks about celebrating the foreigner and the historic waves of migration across the planet, offering a catalog of synonyms — “Immigrant, émigré, expatriate” — even as he expands the concept.

From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2024

"Heating and warming are synonyms, in some sense, but not always. Sometimes 'heating' relates more to temperature change rather than simply the temperature itself, and that's where some of the confusion arises."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

Global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably as synonyms, but scientists prefer to use “climate change” when describing the complex shifts now affecting our planet’s weather and climate systems.

From National Geographic • Feb. 14, 2024

You think he'd have a stronger grasp on synonyms.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway