synonymous

[si-non-uh-muh s] /sɪˈnɒn ə məs/

adjective

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

Origin

1600-10; < Medieval Latin synōnymus < Greek synṓnymos, equivalent to syn- syn- + -ōnym- -onym + -os adj. suffix; see -ous

Related forms

synonymously, adverb

synonymousness, noun

nonsynonymous, adjective

nonsynonymously, adverb

unsynonymous, adjective

unsynonymously, adverb

Examples from the web for synonymous

The bird became synonymous with extinction, a haunting reminder of what a culture may lose when it squanders its natural wealth.
The word simply cannot be used as synonymous with bad writing.
Sometimes the synonymous words are accepted catch-phrases, sometimes they evince pure pleasure in language.
Still others regard language and grammar as virtually synonymous.
Academic freedom to conduct scholarship has become all but synonymous with freedom to teach as well or as poorly as one pleases.
Being a good student is not synonymous with getting good grades.
Since the dawn of managerial capitalism, collaboration and work have almost always been synonymous.
And royalty-free isn't synonymous with non-copyrighted.
As astronomers are only too keenly aware, interest is more or less synonymous with funding.
Now, while working memory is not synonymous with intelligence, working memory correlates with intelligence to a large degree.

British Dictionary definitions for synonymous

/sɪˈnɒnɪməs/

adjective

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

(postpositive) foll by with. closely associated (with) or suggestive (of): his name was synonymous with greed

Derived Forms

synonymously, adverb
synonymousness, noun

Word Origin and History for synonymous

adj.

c.1600, from Medieval Latin synonymus, from Greek synonymos (see synonym). Related: Synonymously.