parasynonymous

/P EH1 R AE1 S IH1 N AH0 N AH0 M AH0 S/
adjective
  1. 1

    (linguistics) Having common meaning. More specifically, terms (words or phrases) T and T′ are parasynonyms if:

  2. 2

    (linguistics) Relating to parasynonymy.

  3. 3

    S₁ is a sense of T and S₂ is a sense of T′.

  4. 4

    S₁ is similar to S₂, but not identical.

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