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Synonym
A word meaning the same as another.
The Greek roots
σύν
sýn
together, same
ὄνομα
ónoma
name
Literally: “same name”
The story of the word
A 'same-name'. Flip the prefix and ónoma gives antonym, acronym, pseudonym, and homonym.
The same roots elsewhere
Other languages reached for exactly the same Greek pieces.
In a sentence
‘Big’ and ‘large’ are near synonyms.