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/ˈsɪnənɪm/, /ˈsɪnənɪmz/ naamwoord

(semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.

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izithetha-ntonye

A word with the same meaning as another in the same language but often with different implications and associations.

When talking to a group, some speakers prefer to achieve their objective by using synonyms or by restating the idea.
Xa zithetha neqela labantu, ezinye izithethi zikhetha ukufikelela usukelo lwazo ngokusebenzisa izithetha-ntonye okanye ngokuyiphinda loo ngcamango.

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In Europe the Middle Ages were broadly synonymous with the Dark Ages.
EYurophu amaXesha Aphakathi ngokuqhelekileyo ayefana namaXesha Obumnyama.

Refer to the theme throughout your discourse by repeating the key words of the theme or by using synonyms.
Njengoko uyinikela, sebenzisa amagama athile akumxholo okanye izithetha nto-nye ukuze uwubethelele.

Synonyms/Hypernyms-Ordered by Frequency
Izithetha ntonye/Amagama asetyenziswa ngumntu wonke-Ihlenga-hlengiswe Ngokwenzeka rhoqo

9 One dictionary defines “zeal” as “eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something,” and it offers as synonyms such words as passion, fervor, ardor, and enthusiasm.
9 Esinye isichazi-magama sithi igama elithi “inzondelelo” lithetha “ukuba nomnqweno nomdla wokuphumeza into ethile,” yaye sithi esinye isithetha-ntonye seli gama lihlombe.

Uncertainty is synonymous with doubt, and one dictionary defines “doubt” as “uncertainty of belief or opinion that often interferes with decision-making.”
Ukungaqiniseki kuthetha into enye nokuthandabuza, yaye esinye isichazi-magama sichaza igama elithi “ukuthandabuza” “njengokungaqiniseki ngenkolelo okanye imbono edla ngokuba ngumqobo ekwenzeni isigqibo.”

The set of real or hypothetical causes and effects that simulation technology attempts to replicate. When used in a military context, the term is synonymous with real battlefield to include air, land, and sea combat. Syn: real battlefield. [DIS]
Yiseti yonobangela bengqikelelo yokunokwenzeka okanye bokwenene kwaye buchaphazela imfaniso yobuxhakaxhaka obuzama ukwenza umfanekiso. Xa isetyenziswe kumxholo wasemkhosini, eli gama lisisithethantonye nendawo yokwenene yedabi ukuquka umoya, umhlaba, kunye nokukhuselwa kolwandle. i-Syn: indawo yedabi yokwenene. [DIS]

Though this South Sea island is almost synonymous with paradise in most people’s minds, the people in Tahiti still need to hear about another paradise soon to come.
Noxa nje ezingqondweni zabantu abaninzi esi siqithi sikwiSouth Sea siphantse sibe ngumceph’ ucandiwe neparadesi, abantu baseTahiti kusafuneka bevile ngenye iparadesi eza kufika kungekudala.

Biblical headship is a loving arrangement and is by no means synonymous with tyranny.
Ubuntloko ethetha ngabo iBhayibhile lilungiselelo lothando yaye abunanto yakwenza kwaphela nobuzwilakhe.

On this strategic outcrop arose Toledo, a city that has become synonymous with Spain and its culture.
Kule ndawo inqabisekileyo kwakhiwa iToledo, isixeko saseSpeyin nesidume ngezithethe zalapho.

Synonyms-Ordered by Similarity of Meaning (verbs only
Izithetha ntonye-Zihlenga-hlengiswe Ngoku yeleleneyo Ngententho (izenzi zodwa

Diligence, on the other hand, is synonymous with riches.
Kweliny’ icala, ukukhuthala kuhambisana nobutyebi.

That is why some hold that in the Gezer Calendar, the word “flax” was a synonym for fodder “grass.”
Ngenxa yoko abanye bekholelwa ukuba “iflakisi” ekuthethwa ngayo kule khalenda yingca yokondla imfuyo.

A reference work therefore concludes: “Ruling class and elite are becoming synonymous terms to describe as actual what Plato and Aristotle argued for as ideal.”
Ngoko le ncwadi yeembekiselo iqukumbela ngokuthi: “Ukuthi udidi olulawulayo nokuthi abantu abaphakamileyo kuya kusiba ngamabinzana angoomabizwafane kuchaza oko uPlato noAristotle babesithi kokona kufanelekileyo.”

In this latter sense, a synonym for “context” would be “background.”
Ngokwale ntsingiselo yamva, isithetha-ntonye segama elithi “umongo” ligama elithi “imvelaphi.”

To Bible students ancient Babylon is synonymous with false worship.
Kubafundi beBhayibhile iBhabhiloni yamandulo ifana nqwa nonqulo lobuxoki.

* I noted that the Greek words used in this text, peʹtra (feminine), meaning “a rock-mass,” and peʹtros (masculine), meaning “piece of rock,” were not used by Jesus as synonyms.
* Ndaphawula ukuba amagama esiGrike asetyenziswe kwesi sibhalo, upeʹtra (isikhomokazi), elithetha “ulwalwa,” nelithi peʹtros (isiduna) elithetha “ilitye,” akazange asetyenziswe nguYesu njengezithetha-ntonye.

Synonyms presented another headache.
Enye ingxaki yayisiba zizithetha-ntonye.

For years the very words seventy-four were synonymous to the British public with an invincible naval supremacy.
Kwiminyaka, eligama linye kumashumi asixhenxe anesine lalithetha into enye kumaBrithane kuwo wonke nelilokuba bangenakoyiswa ngumkhosi wamanzi omkhulu.

For over two thousand years, the city’s blacksmiths have made swords, and the name Toledo has become synonymous with fine steel.
Kwiminyaka engaphezu kwamawaka amabini, abakhandi bentsimbi bebesenza amakrele, yaye intsimbi yodidi eyayisetyenziswa yayivela eToledo.

God and country became synonymous. . . .
UThixo nelizwe baba zizinto ezifanayo. . . .

God the Father is source of all that is (Pantokrator) and also the father of Jesus Christ; ‘Father’ is not a title for the first person of the Trinity but a synonym for God. . . .
UThixo uYise ungumthombo wako konke okukhoyo (Pantokrator) ibe kwakhona unguyise kaYesu Kristu; ‘uYise’ asilogama lomntu wokuqala kaBathathu Emnye kodwa usisifanokuthi segama elithi Thixo. . . .

Some dictionaries list under each word both its synonyms (words of similar, though not identical, meaning) and its antonyms (words of somewhat opposite meaning).
Ezinye izichazi-magama ziye zibeke izithetha-ntonye (amagama anentsingiselo efanayo, nangona isenokungafani ncam) ecaleni kwegama ngalinye kunye nezichasi zalo (amagama athetha okuchasene nelo gama).

The Scriptures refer to bread some 350 times, and Bible writers often used bread as a synonym for food.
IZibhalo zithetha ngesonka kangangezihlandlo eziyi-350, yaye ababhali beBhayibhile badla ngokuthetha ngaso xa bebhekisela ekutyeni.

How did Judas betray Jesus, and with what has Judas’ name become synonymous?
UYudas wamngcatsha njani uYesu, yaye igama elithi Yudas belinxulunyaniswa nantoni?

Rather, it is a·gaʹpe —the love based on principle, which might be said to be synonymous with unselfishness, the love the apostle John referred to when he said: “God is love.” —1 John 4:8.
Kunoko, ngua·gaʹpe—uthando olusekelwe kumgaqo, ekusenokuthiwa lisisithetha-ntonye nokungazingci, uthando umpostile uYohane awayebhekisela kulo xa wathi: “UThixo uluthando.”—1 Yohane 4:8.