Synonyms

Etymology of the synonyms generally means any particular words that have the same meaning or sense as another. Let us learn more about them.

Definition of synonyms with example

The term synonym is defined as a word or phrase as well as morpheme that has exactly the same meaning or nearly the same meaning as another particular word in the literature. It also defines ideas or taxonomic words that are closely associated with the particular words in the same language as well as its same application in the particular idea. For example in English literature the word “initiate “ has different synonyms such as begin, start, commence, arrive, and so on. In addition, in English literature words like work have different synonyms such as sweat, labor, assignment, duties and so on. Furthermore, the term incentives also have several synonyms like encouragement, motivation, inducement, impulse, provocation, impetus and so on. These all are a few examples of different synonyms of different words in order to understand the term synonyms with the suitable or authentic examples. In addition, in order to use the different synonyms of different words in the literature or in any subject, there should be concern regarding the sentence in the literature. Moreover, another example of synonyms such as the term laugh have different synonyms like prank, joke, chuckle,  horseplay , adventure and so on. 

Lexicography of the synonyms 

The term lexicography of the synonyms means that it is the study of scientific examination or investigation of the lexicon of the particular language such as its historical development and quantitative composition as well as its social stratification. Lexicography of the synonyms stands for making or editing of a dictionary as well as practices of creating a dictionary. For example, the lexicographical order of any word such as the terms “long,” “longhand” and “big”. In any particular dictionary, “long” comes before “longhand” and “longhand” comes before “big”. Moreover, the lexicography of the synonyms is generally an arrangement of the words in accordance with compilation of words in the dictionaries. Many dictionaries included the lexical units or of their properties like its grammatical features, sound, accent, spelling, etymology, meaning and so on. In addition, the term lexicography is not only applied for a lingual basis but also includes writing of particular words in authentic or concrete form. Lexicography of synonyms is the study of meanings of particular words, its various functions of particular vocabulary units of the particular language in the dictionaries as well as its evolution for the purposes of the compilation of the dictionaries.

What are the sources of synonyms?

Sources of synonyms include various journals, newspapers as well as articles and so on provide a clear idea regarding sources of synonyms. In addition, various synonyms sites provide enormous synonyms of a particular word that give an abundance of chances to choose effective and better synonyms of a particular word. Newspapers provide a platform to familiar new and modified synonyms of any words as it uses the advanced and standard version of synonyms of any words in any particular language or any literature. Furthermore, a recognized journal also uses standard form of synonyms of any particular words and suitable synonyms, which are relevant regarding particular sentences in the particular language. Recognized journals are also well known for applying better and effective words in their news articles and journals as it helps the readers in reading as well as in developing a brief understanding regarding relevant topics.

Conclusion

Synonyms are useful in our daily use of the English language. To talk and write in an effective manner, we need to use these words so that the language does not become repetitive. One should be careful to learn appropriate meanings of the words in order to maintain a correct sentence order.