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adjective(of words) meaning the same or nearly the same
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- rama avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama
- synonym two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- equivalent word two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
- synonymously in a synonymous manner
- group centrospermae used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales
- comatula former usage synonymous with Antedon
- family comatulidae former usage synonymous with Antedonidae
- genus arvicola in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus
- alcea genus of erect herbs of the Middle East having showy flowers: hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Althaea
- superclass myriapoda used in some classifications to encompass the millipedes (Diplopoda) and centipedes (Chilopoda); formerly a large taxon including also the Pauropoda and Symphyla; the term Myriapoda now usually used synonymously with Diplopoda and limited to the millipedes