Examples of “synonym” in a Sentence

noun A word or phrase that means the same, or almost the same, as another word or phrase.

• Happy and glad are synonyms.
• Choose a synonym so the sentence does not repeat the same word twice.
• A thesaurus lists synonyms for thousands of common words.

noun In biological naming, any alternative name that has been given to the same species or other taxon.

• The older name was later reclassified as a synonym of the accepted species.
• Botanists sometimes list several synonyms under a single valid plant name.
• Only one of the two synonyms is used in current scientific publications.