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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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"Repair" and "fix" may be synonyms, but your trustworthy Midwestern TV dad understands the difference.

From Salon • Aug. 7, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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

She speaks in perfectly formed paragraphs and deploys what feels like a thesaurus’s worth of synonyms.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2023

I need to know that ramify and bifurcate are synonyms, if they even are?

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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