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synonym(dictionary)
junior synonym(medicine)
objective synonym(medicine)
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subjective synonym(medicine)

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synonym noun. . LME.
[Latin synonymum from Greek sunonumon use as noun of neut. sing. of sunonumos adjective, formed as SYN- + onuma name: see -NYM.]
A word or phrase having the same sense as another in the same language. Also, a word having the same general sense or denoting the same thing as another in the same language, but having a different emphasis or appropriate to a different context (as serpent, snake; Greek, Hellene; happy, joyful; kill, slay), or having a different range of other senses (as ship, vessel; tube, pipe). LME.
b. The equivalent of a word in another language. L16.
A name, idea, expression, etc., which is suggestive of or strongly associated with another. M17.
Taxonomy. A systematic name having the same, or nearly the same, application as another; esp. one which has been superseded. M17.
sy'nonymist noun a person who studies or makes a list of synonyms M18.