SYNONYM in a Sentence

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Example sentences for SYNONYM, such as:

1. Dawn and resurrection are synonymous.
2. An example of synonym is the words car and automobile.
3. Though perhaps that is merely a synonym for mercenary.
4. Paris is the synonym of Cosmos, Paris is Athens, Sybaris, Jerusalem, Pantin.
5. Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.

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 Meanings and Examples of SYNONYM
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
synonym
 n.  two words that can be interchanged in a context
Classic Sentence:
1  Though perhaps that is merely a synonym for mercenary.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Paris is the synonym of Cosmos, Paris is Athens, Sybaris, Jerusalem, Pantin.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—ECCE PARIS, ECCE HOMO
3  Mercedes had never known misery; she had often, in her youth, spoken of poverty, but between want and necessity, those synonymous words, there is a wide difference.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 106. Dividing the Proceeds.
4  Dawn and resurrection are synonymous.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XX—THE DEAD ARE IN THE RIGHT AND THE LIVING ARE N...
5  Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  An example of synonym is the words car and automobile.
2  The term "industrial democracy" is often used as a synonym for worker participation.
3  They think of the word only as connected with ragged clothes and scanty food: poverty for me was synonymous with degradation.
4  Even Motel 6, a name synonymous with low rates, has LCD TVs and Wi-Fi.