Synonyms (noun) are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. In linguistics and lexicography, they help expand expressive options and clarify nuance. Studying synonyms enhances comprehension, vocabulary flexibility, and style, though true synonymy rarely maps one-to-one due to connotations, collocations, and register. The term also refers to the list of equivalent words in a thesaurus for a given headword.
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