"near-synonym" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: near-synonyms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} near-synonym (plural near-synonyms)
  1. (linguistics) A term whose meaning is similar, but not identical, to that of another term. Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: parasynonym, quasi-synonym, plesionym, poecilonym Related terms: synonym Translations (term which has a similar meaning): 近義詞 (Chinese Cantonese), 近义词 (gan⁶ ji⁶ ci⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 近義詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 近义词 (jìnyìcí) (Chinese Mandarin), lähes synonyymi (Finnish), osittainen synonyymi (Finnish), quasi-synonyme [masculine] (French), synonyme partiel [masculine] (French), 類義語 (ruigigo) (Japanese), bliskoznacznik [masculine] (Polish), частичный синоним (častičnyj sinonim) (Russian), idea afín [feminine] (Spanish), คำพ้องที่มีความหมายใกล้เคียง (Thai), yakın anlamlı (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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        "(linguistics) A term whose meaning is similar, but not identical, to that of another term."
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "近義詞"
        },
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "gan⁶ ji⁶ ci⁴",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "近义词"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "近義詞"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jìnyìcí",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "近义词"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "lähes synonyymi"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
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          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "častičnyj sinonim",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "частичный синоним"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "idea afín"
        },
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "คำพ้องที่มีความหมายใกล้เคียง"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
          "word": "yakın anlamlı"
        }
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    {
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "近義詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gan⁶ ji⁶ ci⁴",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "近义词"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "近義詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jìnyìcí",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "近义词"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "lähes synonyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "osittainen synonyymi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "synonyme partiel"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ruigigo",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "類義語"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bliskoznacznik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "častičnyj sinonim",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "частичный синоним"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idea afín"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "คำพ้องที่มีความหมายใกล้เคียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "term which has a similar meaning",
      "word": "yakın anlamlı"
    }
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