SYNONYM
- a word having the same meaning as another, also SYNONYME [n -S]
- a word having the same meaning as another [n SYNONYMS]
- one of two or more words or expressions of the same language that have the same or nearly the same meaning in some or all senses
- word or phrase that by association is held to embody something (as a concept or quality) a tyrant whose name has become a synonym for oppression