Questions tagged [synonyms]
A synonym is a word that means exactly, or nearly the same thing, as another word.
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How are "pursed" and "rounded" synonymous?
Fromkin's Introduction to Linguistics says:
We classify vowels according to three questions:
How high or low in the mouth is the tongue?
How forward or backward in the mouth is the tongue?
Are the ...
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Who is a "sibling"?
`sibling' meaning in Cambridge dictionary
sibling
noun [ C ]
a brother or sister:
I have four siblings: three brothers and a sister.
My understanding of the word was that it meant only children of ...
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What is the difference between intentions and desires? [closed]
What is the difference between intentions and desires?
Do they have different usage context, or is there difference in meaning?
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Can the opposite of divergent be embedded, good (synonym, antonym) synonymous set for this (synonym, antonym) pair
I was thinking, suppose your are reading text.
An image could be divergent (it leads you to go and do something else, putting down the text).
Or it could be embedding (it leads you to continue to view ...
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Does "lend support to" imply expectation of return of favor?
There is "lend support to" and there is "give support to". Does the first imply expecting return of favor? Or are the two synonymous?
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What are antonyms of pluralism and populism?
Is elitism an antonym of populism? I can't find it in https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/populist.
What is an antonym of pluralism?
Are populism and pluralism nearly synonymous? Is the former ...
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Is it essential to use the correct word among the synonymous words?
I'm not a native English speaker, I've seen that there are many words in English that have different synonyms. Some of them are,
(sneak out, creep out), (stare, gaze), (exhaustion, fatigue), (...
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Why is "the same" always with "the", but "identical" without it?
As far as I know, “same” and “identical” have identical meaning. Why is one used with “the” and one without “the”?
I can argue that “same” should always have “the”: When thing 2 is the same as thing 1,...
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Is there any obligation to invariably use commonplace collocations in English?
For example, these four words are synonymous: become, get, go, turn. But
you would probably say go crazy and become famous, not become crazy
and turn famous.
However, is saying become crazy or turn ...
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What is the difference between "for the rest of your life" and "for the rest of your existence"?
I am asking this question on behalf of a Japanese acquaintance.
In my opinion, "for the rest of your life" is a very common phrase, but "for the rest of your existence" is not ...
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What is the difference between start(noun) and starting?
I'd like to know the difference between start and starting when use as a noun.
I saw the following sentence and could not understand why it shold be "to starting" instead of "to start&...
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What to use instead of "smallest" in these contexts?
These are what I've found, so feel free to add to it.
First sentence:
It was the smallest/lowest/least significant/ value among all three categories in 1990.
The second sentence:
It reached the ...
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cajole vs coax meaning and usage
The definition of Cajole in cambridge dictionary says: to persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises
And the definition for Coax: to ...
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Are "I have no idea" and "I have no ideas" both correct, and if so, are they synonymous?
I am considering these two sentences:
I have no idea.
I have no ideas.
Are they both correct, and if so, are they synonymous?
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Are "I like when" and "I like it when" both grammatically correct, and if so, are they synonymous?
Example:
Why don't airlines like when one intentionally misses a flight to save money?
Why don't airlines like it when one intentionally misses a flight to save money?
Are they both grammatically ...
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