n. | 1. the state or quality of being synonymous 2. the study, classification, and distinguishing of synonyms 3. a list or book of synonyms, with emphasis on the discrimination of meanings 4. a record of scientific names, often chronological, that have been applied to a taxonomic group 5. similar meaning in different words 1. the state or quality of being synonymous 2. the study, classification, and distinguishing of synonyms 3. a list or book of synonyms, with emphasis on the discrimination of meanings 4. a record of scientific names, often chronological, that have been applied to a taxonomic group 5. similar meaning in different words |