A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word. Common in linguistic and everyday contexts.
「大きい」と「でかい」は同義語です。
"Ōkii" and "dekai" are synonyms.
In this dictionary, synonyms are displayed together.
"Kirei" is a synonym for "utsukushii" (beautiful).
"Rippa" (splendid) is synonymous with "subarashii" (wonderful).