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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word synonym:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. synonym: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. synonym: Merriam-Webster
  3. synonym: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. synonym: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. synonym: Collins English Dictionary
  6. synonym: Vocabulary.com
  7. Synonym, synonym: Wordnik
  8. synonym: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. synonym: Wiktionary
  10. synonym: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. synonym: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. synonym: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. synonym: Dictionary.com
  14. synonym: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. synonym: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Synonym (biology), Synonym (database), Synonym (disambiguation), Synonym (taxonomy), Synonym (zoology), Synonym: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Synonym: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. synonym: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. synonym: Rhymezone
  20. Synonym (nt), synonym: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. synonym: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. synonym: FreeDictionary.org
  23. synonym: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. synonym: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. synonym: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)
  2. SYNONYM: Bobs Byway OF POETIC TERMS

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Synonym (biology), synonym: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Synonym (biology), synonym: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. synonym: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Synonym (biology), synonym: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. synonym: A Word A Day

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Entomology (No longer online)

(Note: See synonymic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (semantics, strictly) A word or term whose meaning is the same as that of another.
noun:  (semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
noun:  (taxonomy) Any of the various names that could in theory be used for a taxon in accordance with the relevant rules.
noun:  (taxonomy, informal) The subset of those names other than the one to be used according to the rules.
noun:  (taxonomy, by extension) Any name that has been applied to a taxon other than the one to be used, including those not allowed by the rules such as misspellings or nomina nuda.
noun:  (databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.

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