Main Entry: syn·on·y·my

Pronunciation: \-mē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural syn·on·y·mies

Date: 1683

1 a : a list or collection of synonyms often defined and discriminated from each other b : the study or discrimination of synonyms
2 : the scientific names that have been used to designate the same taxonomic group (as a species); also : a list of these
3 : the quality or state of being synonymous