Meaning vs. Synonym

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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Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.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.

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