Synonym

Context:
- It can be represented by a Synonym Record (e.g. in a Thesaurus).
- It can be a member of a Synset.
Example(s):
- drink $\iff$ beverage,
- buy $\iff$ purchase,
- big $\iff$ large,
- quickly $\iff$ promptly,
- confinement $\iff$ isolation.
- LUKEWARM_1, in Synonym Relation(LUKEWARM_1, TEPID_1) ⇒ True.
- …
Counter-Example(s):
- Antonym,
- Hypernym,
- Homophone,
- Homograph,
- Homonym.
See: Antonym, Homonym, Polyseme * See: Cognitive Synonymy, Word Sense, Context (Language Use), Seme (Semantics), Sememe, Connotation, Semantic Field, Lexicography.

References

(Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synonym Retrieved:2020-3-15.
- A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous, and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy. For example, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another. Words are typically synonymous in one particular sense: for example, long and extended in the context long time or extended time are synonymous, but long cannot be used in the phrase extended family. Synonyms with exactly the same meaning share a seme or denotational sememe, whereas those with inexactly similar meanings share a broader denotational or connotational sememe and thus overlap within a semantic field. The former are sometimes called cognitive synonyms and the latter, near-synonyms,^[1] plesionyms ^[2] or poecilonyms. ^[3]

↑ Stanojevic, Maja (2009), "Cognitive synonymy: a general overview" (PDF), Facta Universitatis, Linguistics and Literature series, 7 (2): 193–200.
↑ DiMarco, Chrysanne, and Graeme Hirst. “Usage notes as the basis for a representation of near-synonymy for lexical choice." Proceedings of 9th annual conference of the University of Waterloo Centre for the New Oxford English Dictionary and Text Research. 1993.
↑ Grambs, David. The Endangered English Dictionary: Bodacious Words Your Dictionary Forgot. WW Norton & Company, 1997.

(Dextre Clarke et al., 2008) ⇒ Stella Dextre Clarke, Alan Gilchrist, Ron Davies and Leonard Will. (2008). “Glossary of Terms Relating to Thesauri and Other Forms of Structured Vocabulary for Information Retrieval." Willpower Information
- synonym
  - one of two or more terms whose meanings are considered to be the same in a wide range of contexts
  - Abbreviations and their full forms may be treated as synonyms. e.g. HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; guarantees, warranties --- -