synonymy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: synonymy	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
synonymy n the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning Synonym(s): synonymy, synonymity, synonymousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Synonymy \Synon"ymy\, n. [L. synonymia, Gr. [?] a synonym: cf. F. synonymie.] 1. The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning. 2. A system of synonyms. 3. (Rhet.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.