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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 is an exaggerated autobiographical piece about a man who refuses to speak his native Hebrew, clutching a French phrasebook as he rebuilds his life.

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: Care, guardianship, charge, keeping, safekeeping, wardship, responsibility, protection.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2015

Synonyms are glop, shmo, jerk, goof, sad sack, "Marty," poorish.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

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