Synonymous
adjective
Having the same or a similar meaning.
In this situation, 'fast' is synonymous with 'rapid'.
Often appears as...
- synonymous with success
- synonymous with luxury
adjective
Being closely identified with another thing.
The city is synonymous with romance and adventure.
Often appears as...
- synonymous with style
- synonymous with elegance
adjective
Having the same or a similar meaning.
In this situation, 'fast' is synonymous with 'rapid'.
Often appears as...
- synonymous with success
- synonymous with luxury
adjective
Being closely identified with another thing.
The city is synonymous with romance and adventure.
Often appears as...
- synonymous with style
- synonymous with elegance
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Pro Tip 1/3Absolute Match
Used when two things mean exactly the same, no subtle differences.
In technology, the term 'geek' is synonymous with 'nerd'.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Implication
Often implies a widespread agreement on what a term is known for.
Here, 'royalty' is synonymous with 'opulence'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Meanings may vary by context; not all synonyms are interchangeable.
'Childlike' is synonymous with 'innocent', not 'childish'.
Pro Tip 1/3Absolute Match
Used when two things mean exactly the same, no subtle differences.
In technology, the term 'geek' is synonymous with 'nerd'.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Implication
Often implies a widespread agreement on what a term is known for.
Here, 'royalty' is synonymous with 'opulence'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Meanings may vary by context; not all synonyms are interchangeable.
'Childlike' is synonymous with 'innocent', not 'childish'.
Pro Tip 1/3Absolute Match
Used when two things mean exactly the same, no subtle differences.
In technology, the term 'geek' is synonymous with 'nerd'.
Pro Tip 2/3Unspoken Implication
Often implies a widespread agreement on what a term is known for.
Here, 'royalty' is synonymous with 'opulence'.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Meanings may vary by context; not all synonyms are interchangeable.
'Childlike' is synonymous with 'innocent', not 'childish'.
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How to raise a Black son...
it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground, when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared. But what does it do to a child
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
However, I also think it's got to do with the fact that bats come out at night, and we don't really understand them. We're a little frightened by things that can perceive the world slightly differently than us. Bats are usually synonymous with some type of evil events. They are the perpetrators in horror movies,
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Political common ground...
I have a question regarding political correctness, and I'm When did political correctness become synonymous with silencing, versus a way that we speak about other people to show them respect and preserve their dignity? Well, I think the conservative media really pounded this issue
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Chris Bangle: Great cars...
There's a lot to be said about trust and love, if you know that those two words are synonymous for design. I had a very, very meaningful relationship with my team that day, and it's stayed that way ever since. And I hope that you too find that there's more to design,
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How aspirin was...
Soon, aspirin became synonymous with acetylsalicylic acid. As its influence grew, aspirin was found to ease not just pain, but also many inflammation-related problems, like rheumatoid arthritis, pericarditis, which enflames the fluid-filled sack around the heart,
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Simple hacks for life...
to make them feel much more welcome. What I wish to do is make every Parkinson's patient feel like my uncle felt that day. He told me that I made him feel like his old self again. "Smart" in today's world has become synonymous to high tech,
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From enslavement to...
but it is not his legacy which echoes through the centuries. Thousands of years later, the name of the slave who made the world’s mightiest empire tremble has become synonymous with freedom– and the courage to fight for it.
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Tarana Burke: Me Too is...
and I believe we can build that world. Full stop. But in order to get there, we have to dramatically shift a culture that propagates the idea that vulnerability is synonymous with permission
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Black Mamba vs. The...
length of 14 feet it's also the world's fastest snake zipping along it up to 12 miles per hour its head is often described as coughing and for many in Africa this snake is synonymous with
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Krista Tippett:...
Compassion can be synonymous with empathy. It can be joined with the harder work of forgiveness and reconciliation, but it can also express itself in the simple act of presence.
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How to raise a Black son...
it's simply because they wanted to keep us alive. All of my black friends were raised with the same message, the talk, given to us when we became old enough to be mistaken for a nail ready to be hammered to the ground, when people made our melanin synonymous with something to be feared. But what does it do to a child
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Emma Teeling: The secret...
However, I also think it's got to do with the fact that bats come out at night, and we don't really understand them. We're a little frightened by things that can perceive the world slightly differently than us. Bats are usually synonymous with some type of evil events. They are the perpetrators in horror movies,
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Political common ground...
I have a question regarding political correctness, and I'm When did political correctness become synonymous with silencing, versus a way that we speak about other people to show them respect and preserve their dignity? Well, I think the conservative media really pounded this issue
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Chris Bangle: Great cars...
There's a lot to be said about trust and love, if you know that those two words are synonymous for design. I had a very, very meaningful relationship with my team that day, and it's stayed that way ever since. And I hope that you too find that there's more to design,
Video examples
How aspirin was...
Soon, aspirin became synonymous with acetylsalicylic acid. As its influence grew, aspirin was found to ease not just pain, but also many inflammation-related problems, like rheumatoid arthritis, pericarditis, which enflames the fluid-filled sack around the heart,
Video examples
Simple hacks for life...
to make them feel much more welcome. What I wish to do is make every Parkinson's patient feel like my uncle felt that day. He told me that I made him feel like his old self again. "Smart" in today's world has become synonymous to high tech,
Video examples
From enslavement to...
but it is not his legacy which echoes through the centuries. Thousands of years later, the name of the slave who made the world’s mightiest empire tremble has become synonymous with freedom– and the courage to fight for it.
Video examples
Tarana Burke: Me Too is...
and I believe we can build that world. Full stop. But in order to get there, we have to dramatically shift a culture that propagates the idea that vulnerability is synonymous with permission
Video examples
Black Mamba vs. The...
length of 14 feet it's also the world's fastest snake zipping along it up to 12 miles per hour its head is often described as coughing and for many in Africa this snake is synonymous with
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Krista Tippett:...
Compassion can be synonymous with empathy. It can be joined with the harder work of forgiveness and reconciliation, but it can also express itself in the simple act of presence.
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Doug Liman
American Director
Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in separating those two ideas out. You have characters with super powers who may or may not be heroic, because human beings aren't all heroic. I tend to be drawn to antiheros.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of modern medicine. Genetics owes a huge debt to the humble fruit fly. There's almost no branch of the life sciences, in fact, that hasn't leaned heavily on one animal or another.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
Zidane transmits a very clear idea to the players. He doesn't need to give a 20 minute motivational talk, he doesn't need it. With his presence alone, he achieves what he wants - his personality is synonymous with success.
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land.
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Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
I am tired of kissing on screen. I have to do it because it is synonymous with me. Also, the producers and directors want to add that element. I don't give it too much importance.
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Eric Dane
American Actor
The action genre is not always the most synonymous with character development.
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Sonali Bendre
Indian Actress
Marriage is not synonymous to change but a new dimension to life.
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Isabelle Adjani
French Actress
Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.
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Doug Liman
American Director
Somehow super power and hero are so synonymous that they get combined into one word, 'superhero,' whereas I'm kind of more interested in separating those two ideas out. You have characters with super powers who may or may not be heroic, because human beings aren't all heroic. I tend to be drawn to antiheros.
Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
If physical power be the fountain of law, then law and force are synonymous terms. Or, perhaps, rather, law would be the result of a combination of will and force; of will, united with a physical power sufficient to compel obedience to it, but not necessarily having any moral character whatever.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
Guinea pigs are practically synonymous with experiments. Lab rats have become the workhorses of modern medicine. Genetics owes a huge debt to the humble fruit fly. There's almost no branch of the life sciences, in fact, that hasn't leaned heavily on one animal or another.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature.
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Toni Kroos
German Athlete
Zidane transmits a very clear idea to the players. He doesn't need to give a 20 minute motivational talk, he doesn't need it. With his presence alone, he achieves what he wants - his personality is synonymous with success.
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
A family spirit is not always synonymous with family life. Bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh makes for brothers, sisters and relatives, who may be as distant as strangers in a foreign land.
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Emraan Hashmi
Indian Actor
I am tired of kissing on screen. I have to do it because it is synonymous with me. Also, the producers and directors want to add that element. I don't give it too much importance.
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Eric Dane
American Actor
The action genre is not always the most synonymous with character development.
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Sonali Bendre
Indian Actress
Marriage is not synonymous to change but a new dimension to life.
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Isabelle Adjani
French Actress
Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.
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