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synonym

[sin-uh-nim] / ˈsɪn ə nɪm /
NOUN
analogue
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Affordability isn’t a synonym for inflation, which is the rate of change in the overall price level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

It is vital not to use "conspiracies" as a synonym for "conspiracy theories," or for "conspiracism."

From Salon • May 7, 2025

"Wolfsburg and Volkswagen - it's kind of a synonym," explains Dieter Landenberger, the VW Group's in-house historian, as he looks lovingly at an early model Beetle.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2025

I don’t want the new Twitter to know what’ll keep me “engaged,” which, in my history on the site, has been a synonym for “annoyed but having difficulty looking away.”

From Slate • May 7, 2024

People use that word as a synonym for great intelligence, but that’s not what I mean.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin




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