類るい語ご

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).

• 「類るい語ご」は、意い味みが似にているが完かん全ぜんには置おき換かえられない語ごを指さす。

  類語 refers to a word that has a similar meaning but cannot be completely substituted.

• この辞じ書しょでは、類るい語ごの使つかい分わけを詳くわしく説せつ明めいしている。

  This dictionary explains the distinctions between near-synonyms in detail.