different between synonymy vs synonymist

English

Etymology

From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek ????????? (sun?numía), from ??? (sún, “with”) + ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??n?n?mi/

Noun

synonymy (countable and uncountable, plural synonymies)

1. (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

   Antonym: antonymy

2. A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
3. The study of synonyms.

   Synonym: synonymics

4. A system of synonyms.
5. (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
6. (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym

7. (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Synonyms

• synonymousness (less common than "synonymy")
• synonymity (less common than "synonymy")

Antonyms

• antonymy

Related terms

• synonym
• synonymia

Translations

English

Etymology

synonym +? -ist

Noun

synonymist (plural synonymists)

1. A person who studies synonyms.

Related terms

• synonym
• synonymic
• synonymous
• synonymy