different between synonym vs simile

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English

Etymology

From Middle English sinonyme, from Latin syn?nymum, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), neuter singular form of ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”), from ??? (sún, “with”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”). Equivalent to syn- +? -onym.

Pronunciation

• enPR: s?n'?n?m, IPA^(key): /?s?n?n?m/

Noun

synonym (plural synonyms)

1. (semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.

   Synonyms: equivalent, poecilonym

   Antonyms: antonym, opposite

2. (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

   Synonym: metonym
3. (zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
4. (taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
5. (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• homotypic
• heterotypic
• Wiktionary:Semantic relations

Danish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

Inflection

Synonyms

• ensbetydende

Noun

synonym n (singular definite synonymet, plural indefinite synonymer)

1. synonym

Declension

Further reading

• “synonym” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “synonym” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zyno?ny?m/, [zy.no-], [?z?.no-]

Adjective

synonym (not comparable)

1. synonymous

   Synonym: (rarer) synonymisch

Declension

Related terms

• Synonym
• Synonymie
• antonym, antonymisch
• Antonym
• Antonymie

Further reading

• “synonym” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), and ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

synonym (neuter singular synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• ensbetydende
• enstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym or synonymer, definite plural synonyma or synonymene)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• entydig

References

• “synonym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numon), and ????????? (sun?numos, “synonymous”).

Adjective

synonym (masculine and feminine synonym, neuter synonymt, definite singular and plural synonyme, comparative synonymare, indefinite superlative synonymast, definite superlative synonymaste)

1. synonymous

Synonyms

• einstydande
• einstydig
• liketydig

Noun

synonym n (definite singular synonymet, indefinite plural synonym, definite plural synonyma)

1. synonym

Synonyms

• liketyding

Derived terms

• synonymordbok

Related terms

• synonymi
• synonymikk
• synonymitet
• synonympreparat

See also

• eintydig

References

• “synonym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Adjective

synonym

1. synonymous

Declension

Noun

synonym

1. synonym

Declension

Further reading

• synonym in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

English

Etymology

From Latin simile (“comparison, likeness, parallel”) (first attested 1393), originally from simile, neuter form of similis (“like, similar, resembling”). Confer the English similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m?li/

Noun

simile (countable and uncountable, plural similes or similia)

1. A figure of speech in which one thing is explicitly compared to another, using e.g. like or as.

   Antonym: dissimile

   Coordinate term: (when the comparison is implicit) metaphor

   Hypernym: figure of speech

   • 1826, Thomas Bayly Howell, A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours (volume 33)

     He made a simile of George the third to Nebuchadnezzar, and of the prince regent to Belshazzar, and insisted that the prince represented the latter in not paying much attention to what had happened to kings […]

   • 1925, Countee Cullen, Fruit of the Flower

     My father is a quiet man / With sober, steady ways; / For simile, a folded fan; / His nights are like his days.

Related terms

Translations

See also

• metaphor
• Category:English similes
• Appendix:English similes

Further reading

• simile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mislie, smilie

Esperanto

Adverb

simile

1. similarly

Interlingua

Adjective

simile (comparative plus simile, superlative le plus simile)

1. similar

Italian

Etymology

From Latin similis.

Adjective

simile (plural simili)

1. similar
   • Non è molto simile. It is not very similar.
2. such
   • È possibile una cosa simile? Is such a thing possible?

Synonyms

• similare

Antonyms

• diverso, differente, dissimile

Related terms

• similitudine
• similmente
• simil-

Latin

Adjective

simile

1. nominative neuter singular of similis
2. accusative neuter singular of similis
3. vocative neuter singular of similis

References

• simile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers