Synonym is a masculine adjective that classifies a word that, despite being different, has the same (or very similar) meaning as another.
This word comes from the Greek synonyms, and according to the etymology indicates something that has the same name. The quality of a synonym or the use of synonyms is known as synonymy. THE synonymy it is the science or art that studies and distinguishes the synonyms.
It is important to mention that often synonyms, that is, with an equivalent meaning, have different connotations depending on the context.
In a text, the use of synonyms for a word is important to avoid repetition. Thus, a synonym is a word despite being different, it has the same (or similar) meaning, and therefore its inclusion does not change the meaning of the text in question. Mastering the Portuguese language involves knowing the synonyms of words, avoiding repeating the same words during the speech.
Synonym and antonym
While synonyms are words with the same meaning (or at least very similar), an antonym is a word that has the opposite meaning of a word. For example: beautiful and ugly, near and far, permitted and forbidden, old and young, faithful and unfaithful, patient and impatient, etc.
Examples of synonyms
- stone and rock;
- car and automobile;
- beautiful and beautiful;
- joy and joy;
- different and distinct;
- whole and complete;
- easy and simple;
- long and long;
- far and far away;
- similar and similar;
- mysterious and enigmatic;