synonymy

Meaning

Noun

• The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
• A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
• The study of synonyms.
• A system of synonyms.
• The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
• The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
• The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

Related

Similar words

• synonymousness
• synonymity
• homosemy

Opposite words

• antonymy

Origin

• From Latin synonymia, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία, from σύν + ὄνομα.