Editing Synonym (section)

== Examples ==

Synonyms can be any [[part of speech]], as long as both words belong to the same part of speech. Examples:

*noun: ''drink'' and ''beverage''
*verb: ''buy'' and ''purchase''
*adjective: ''big'' and ''large''
*adverb: ''quickly'' and ''speedily''
*preposition: ''on'' and ''upon''

Synonyms are defined with respect to certain senses of words: ''pupil'' as the ''aperture in the iris of the eye'' is not synonymous with ''student''. Similarly, ''he expired'' means the same as ''he died'', yet ''my passport has expired'' cannot be replaced by ''my passport has died''.

A [[thesaurus|thesaurus or synonym dictionary]] lists similar or related words; these are often, but not always, synonyms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allacronyms.com/|title=Synonym dictionary words and phrases|website=www.allacronyms.com|access-date=2018-04-27}}</ref>

* The word '''''poecilonym''''' is a rare synonym of the word ''synonym''. It is not entered in most major dictionaries and is a curiosity or piece of trivia for being an [[autological word]] because of its [[Meta (prefix)|meta]] quality as a synonym of ''synonym''.
* [[Antonym]]s are words with opposite or nearly opposite meanings. For example: ''hot'' ↔ ''cold'', ''large'' ↔ ''small'', ''thick'' ↔ ''thin'', ''synonym'' ↔ ''antonym'' 
* [[Hyponymy and hypernymy|Hypernyms and hyponyms]] are words that refer to, respectively, a general category and a specific instance of that category. For example, ''vehicle'' is a hypernym of ''car'', and ''car'' is a hyponym of ''vehicle''.
* [[Homophone]]s are words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings. For example, ''witch'' and ''which'' are homophones in most accents (because they are pronounced the same).
* [[Homograph]]s are words that have the same spelling but different meanings. For example, one can ''record'' a song or keep a ''record'' of documents.
* [[Homonym]]s are words that have the same pronunciation and spelling but different meanings. For example, ''rose'' (a type of flower) and ''rose'' (past tense of ''rise'') are homonyms.