Is there another word for SYNONYM?

Philippines
September 6, 2008 12:51pm CST
anyone can answer this question..Just curious i cause i can't find in the dictionary maybe ur dictionary have...
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
6 Sep 08
syn·o·nym - noun 1. a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language, as joyful, elated, glad. 2. a word or expression accepted as another name for something, as Arcadia for pastoral simplicity; metonym. 3. Biology. one of two or more scientific names applied to a single taxon. Related forms syn·o·nym·ic, syn·o·nym·i·cal, adjective syn·o·nym·i·ty
• Philippines
6 Sep 08
what i meant was what is the synonym of the word SYNONYM?
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
6 Sep 08
Funnily enough the only words that are similar are the ones in the "related words" part I pasted and these all have "synonym" in them! lol. It is actually quite amusing really to think that a word that describes similar words does not have a similar word to describe itself!