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synonymous

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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sy·non·y·mous /sɪˈnɒnɪməs $ -ˈnɑː-/ ●○○ adjective  1 SAMEsomething that is synonymous with something else is considered to be very closely connected with it 相同的;近似的synonymous with Nixon’s name has become synonymous with political scandal. 尼克松的名字成了政治丑闻的代名词。2. SLtwo words that are synonymous have the same meaning 〔单词〕同义的synonymously adverb
Examples from the Corpus
synonymousThis company bears the name Royalbion, which is synonymous with Britain itself.The point is that the word fresh used to be synonymous with high quality.It was once synonymous with independence, self-determination and black achievement.Activity, they suggest, is not synonymous with learning.For many people conservation is synonymous with nature reserves.The town is synonymous with stone.
sy·non·y·mous adjectiveChineseSyllable
is Corpus something else with something that synonymous is considered


synonymous
synonymous /səˈnɒnəməs, sɪˈnɒnəməs $ -ˈnɑː-/ adjective
1. something that is synonymous with something else is considered to be very closely connected with it
    synonymous with
    Nixon’s name has become synonymous with political scandal.
2. two words that are synonymous have the same meaning
—synonymously adverb


syn·onym·ousBrE /ˈnɒnɪməs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈnɑːnɪməs/ 🔊 adjective(of words or expressions 词语) having the same, or nearly the same, meaning 同义的~ (with sth) so closely connected with sth that the two things appear to be the same 等同于…的Wealth is not necessarily synonymous with happiness. 财富未必等同于幸福。🔊🔊 syn·onym·ous·ly BrE /sɪˈnɒnɪməsli/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈnɑːnɪməsli/ 🔊 adverb