noun
quasi-synonym; near-synonym
Linguistics term for a word that is similar in meaning to another but not fully interchangeable. Often contrasted with 同義語 (true synonym).
「類語」は、意味が似ているが完全には置き換えられない語を指す。
類語 refers to a word that has a similar meaning but cannot be completely substituted.
この辞書では、類
This dictionary explains the distinctions between near-synonyms in detail.
Compound of 類 (kind, type) and 語 (word). The term is used in linguistics to describe words that belong to the same semantic category but are not fully synonymous.