as in comparable
resembling or being like another in meaning
The words used to describe the book were synonymous with "excellent."
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Recent Examples of synonymous
Yeohlee Teng became known for her scarf/coat hybrid in the 1980s, producing the kind of understated glamour that the decade is not always synonymous with.
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Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
The man synonymous with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 18 years took the microphone Sunday morning, two days after his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium, and issued a reminder of what was to come.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles is synonymous with car culture.
—Darian Woods, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
The show has become synonymous with fall thanks to its academic-year storylines, original October premiere and cozy aesthetic.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
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Kerry Pieri, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
The man synonymous with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 18 years took the microphone Sunday morning, two days after his final regular-season start at Dodger Stadium, and issued a reminder of what was to come.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles is synonymous with car culture.
—Darian Woods, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
The show has become synonymous with fall thanks to its academic-year storylines, original October premiere and cozy aesthetic.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for synonymous
Adjective
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Below deck, the power plant can crank out 198 kWe for sensors and weapon systems – that's twice the payload space and electrical power of a comparable autonomous vessel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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These simulations suggest that methane could be released at a rate of a few hundred kilograms per second, making the level of activity comparable to the water plumes on Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the Roman world, the political leaders and the military leaders are identical.—
Nikki McCann Ramirez,
Rolling Stone,
22 Sep. 2025
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At other times, it is suspected of being a happy-clappy zone of magical thinking, where people have to pretend to be the same and to have experienced identical things in order to work together.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Synonymous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/synonymous. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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