synonymy

  1. Noun.  (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
  2. Noun.  A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
  3. Noun.  The study of synonyms.
  4. Noun.  A system of synonyms.
  5. Noun.  (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name).
  6. Noun.  (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym.
  7. Noun.  (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name).

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