Meaning vs. Synonym
Meaningnoun
(of words or symbols) The entity, perception, feeling or concept thereby represented or evoked.
Meaningnoun
The value, purpose, importance, point or significance (of something).
Meaningnoun
(semantics) The object or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
Meaningnoun
(obsolete) Intention.
Meaningverb
present participle of mean
Meaningadjective
Having a (specified) intention.
Meaningadjective
Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.
Meaningnoun
That which is meant or intended; intent; purpose; aim; object; as, a mischievous meaning was apparent.
Meaningnoun
That which is signified, whether by act lanquage; signification; sense; import; as, the meaning of a hint.
Meaningnoun
Sense; power of thinking.
Meaningnoun
the message that is intended or expressed or signified;
Meaningnoun
the idea that is intended;
Meaningadjective
rich in significance or implication;
Meaningnoun
what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action
Meaningnoun
implied or explicit significance
Meaningnoun
important or worthwhile quality; purpose
Meaningadjective
intended to communicate something that is not directly expressed
Synonymnoun
A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
Synonymnoun
A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
Synonymnoun
(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
Synonymnoun
Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
Synonymnoun
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
Synonymnoun
One of two or more words (commonly words of the same language) which are equivalents of each other; one of two or more words which have very nearly the same signification, and therefore may often be used interchangeably. See under Synonymous.
Synonymnoun
An incorrect or incorrectly applied scientific name, as a new name applied to a species or genus already properly named, or a specific name preoccupied by that of another species of the same genus; - so used in the system of nomenclature (which see) in which the correct scientific names of certain natural groups (usually genera, species, and subspecies) are regarded as determined by priority.
Synonymnoun
One of two or more words corresponding in meaning but of different languages; a heteronym.
Synonymnoun
two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
Synonymnoun
a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close
Synonymnoun
a person or thing so closely associated with a particular quality or idea that the mention of their name calls it to mind
Synonymnoun
a taxonomic name which has the same application as another, especially one which has been superseded and is no longer valid.
Synonym
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in the same language. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another; they are synonymous.
