English English Dictionary

Of or pertaining to synonyms, or synonymic; synonymous.

A dictionary of synonyms.

One who collects or explains synonyms.

To express by a synonym or synonyms; to give the synonym or synonyms corresponding to.

of Synonymize

of Synonymize

Having the character of a synonym; expressing the same thing; conveying the same, or approximately the same, idea.

of Synonym

The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

A system of synonyms.

A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.

of Synopsis

A general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.

Alt. of Synoptical

One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See Synoptist.

Affording a general view of the whole, or of the principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical statement of an argument.

Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings.

That part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.

of Synosteosis

Union by means of bone; the complete closing up and obliteration of sutures.