as in substitute
a word having the same meaning as another word
He needed an synonym for "cold," and decided to use "freezing."
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Recent Examples of synonym
Monza has been synonym with Formula 1 for almost a century and is the longest-running event on the world championship calendar.
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Her longer term projects included writing the book Food Festivals: Eating Your Way from Coast to Coast, co-authoring the book Holidays and Festivals Dictionary, and serving as an editor for a synonym dictionary entitled The Synonym Finder, published by Rodale.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
The amusing part is that each of these holes is smack in the middle of a synonym for a roadway: ROAD (3D), BOULEVARD (9D), AVENUE (22D) and STREET (38D).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Some themes that involve the words up or lift or a synonym of that nature require reading entries or parts of entries from bottom to top, or upward (up word?).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Her longer term projects included writing the book Food Festivals: Eating Your Way from Coast to Coast, co-authoring the book Holidays and Festivals Dictionary, and serving as an editor for a synonym dictionary entitled The Synonym Finder, published by Rodale.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
The amusing part is that each of these holes is smack in the middle of a synonym for a roadway: ROAD (3D), BOULEVARD (9D), AVENUE (22D) and STREET (38D).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Some themes that involve the words up or lift or a synonym of that nature require reading entries or parts of entries from bottom to top, or upward (up word?).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synonym
Noun
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Alexander-Arnold came on as a substitute for the final half-hour.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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But to envision Mars as some sort of utopian substitute for Earth is truly delusional.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their handcrafted details, analog precision, and unapologetically bold designs are reminders of a time when permanence mattered.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
23 Aug. 2025
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And the themes are interesting, about Hollywood and of course that’s an analog for love relationships too, people’s obsession with Hollywood.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Synonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonym. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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