Talk:Synonym

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What does this mean in the second paragraph: "which can never occur singly because each synonym must refer to another word"? If it can be deleted, the sentence would flow better. wleman 14:16, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Synonyms for synonym

Does synonym have any synonyms? If so, list them here! Tounge in cheek but cool.

Bearing in mind, there is rarely an exact equivalent as every synonym has a connotation which slightly varies from its counterpart, here goes:

equivalent, analog(ue),alikeness, equality, interchangeability, similarity, synonymy, compatibility, paralellism...

There are almost certainly more, I leave that to others. Dieter Simon 21:56, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Did not think so until the following came up:

COWORD
Any consensus to approve submission to the Word Mint <wordmint@gmail.com> or Noteblog \neologisms

--Don Pedro de la Plancha y Verdura 09:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Languages and synonyms

Are words in different languages e.g. 'dog'(en), 'hund'(sv) and 'cane'(it) synonyms...?

--MatsN 08:25, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

No, synonyms have to be in the same language (they have to have an equivalent meaning with words in the same language) as they are used by people speaking the same language. Few people speak all of the languages you quoted, to be able to recognise the words (or any others)as synonyms. Dieter Simon 22:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

so you mean to till me if i l said baby it will mean ifant how do you know that the baby is a ifant just by saying that in other words the baby does not look like a infant —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.185.100.247 (talk) 22:05, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean that the baby does not look like an infant?

From Meriam-Webster:
infant  
1 : a child in the first period of life 
2 : a person who is not of full age : minor

The first definition looks like a baby to me. --190.225.26.159 (talk) 17:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Synonymy

Shouldn't this redirect here as well? Synonymy can be used to describe sentences with the same meaning, for example. Richard001 (talk) 08:00, 11 January 2008 (UTC)