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  1. noun
    two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

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  • rama avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama
  • zion originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
  • sion originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem
  • synonym two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
  • thesaurus a book containing a classified list of synonyms
  • godiva according to legend she rode naked through Coventry in order to persuade her husband not to tax the townspeople so heavily; the only person to look at her as she rode by was a man named Tom and Peeping Tom has become a synonym for voyeur (circa 1040-1080)
  • genus ctenocephalus a former usage synonymous with Ctenocephalides
  • centrospermae used in former classification systems; approximately synonymous with order Caryophyllales
  • synonym finder a book containing a classified list of synonyms
  • genus althaea hollyhocks; in some classification systems synonymous with genus Alcea
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