as in substitute
a word having the same meaning as another word
He needed an synonym for "cold," and decided to use "freezing."
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Her longer term projects included writing the book Food Festivals: Eating Your Way from Coast to Coast, co-authoring the book Holidays and Festivals Dictionary, and serving as an editor for a synonym dictionary entitled The Synonym Finder, published by Rodale.
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
The amusing part is that each of these holes is smack in the middle of a synonym for a roadway: ROAD (3D), BOULEVARD (9D), AVENUE (22D) and STREET (38D).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Some themes that involve the words up or lift or a synonym of that nature require reading entries or parts of entries from bottom to top, or upward (up word?).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
On the topic of taxonomy, most Sansevieria have been moved lately into the genus Dracaena, based on recent DNA analysis, with the Sansevieria name now considered an older synonym.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Jan. 2025
The amusing part is that each of these holes is smack in the middle of a synonym for a roadway: ROAD (3D), BOULEVARD (9D), AVENUE (22D) and STREET (38D).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Some themes that involve the words up or lift or a synonym of that nature require reading entries or parts of entries from bottom to top, or upward (up word?).
—Deb Amlen, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
On the topic of taxonomy, most Sansevieria have been moved lately into the genus Dracaena, based on recent DNA analysis, with the Sansevieria name now considered an older synonym.
—Margaret Roach, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synonym
Noun
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Vought left the meeting saying there would be a substitute amendment that would eliminate $400 million in cuts to an AIDS prevention program, one of the main concerns of Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.—
July 16,
CBS News,
16 July 2025
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The collard greens were a substitute food for that day and not posted on the day’s menu, according to health department documents.—
Julia Ainsley,
NBC news,
14 July 2025
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Tom Brady was still in his first decade of his 23-season-long career, games were still available to watch on analog television and Aaron Rodgers – currently the league’s oldest active player – had only just been announced as the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.—
Ben Morse,
CNN Money,
28 July 2025
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Sam Altman isn’t alone in his analog approach—his habits are also shared by many fellow billionaires, including Bill Gates and Richard Branson.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
24 July 2025
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“Synonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonym. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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