synonymous

having the same or closely associated meaning

Roots

-ous / -ious: full of or marked by a quality
onym: name
syn- / sym-: together or with

Other words with the onym root

anonymous: without a known name
antonym: word with an opposite meaning
eponym: person or thing for whom something is named
homonym: word with the same sound or spelling as another
pseudonym: false or assumed name
synonym: word with the same or nearly the same meaning as another

Synonymous names travel together in meaning.

For many students, vocabulary had become synonymous with stress.

Two names point so closely that the mind treats them as traveling together.

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