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synonymous

 adjective
     
Related topics: Linguistics
sy‧non‧y‧mous
1 something that is synonymous with something else is considered to be very closely connected with it
synonymous with
Nixon's name has become synonymous with political scandal.
2SL two words that are synonymous have the same meaning
—synonymously adverb
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