If you say that one thing is synonymouswith another, you mean that the two things are very closely associated with each other so that one suggests the other or one cannot exist without the other.
Paris has always been synonymous with elegance, luxury and style. [+ with]
Going grey is not necessarily synonymous with growing old.
In politics, power and popularity are not synonymous.
synonymous in British English
(sɪˈnɒnɪməs)
adjective
1. (often foll by with)
being a synonym (of)
2. (postpositive; foll bywith)
closely associated (with) or suggestive (of)
his name was synonymous with greed
Derived forms
synonymously (synˈonymously)
adverb
synonymousness (synˈonymousness)
noun
synonymous in American English
(sɪˈnɑnəməs)
adjective
of, or having the nature of, a synonym; equivalent or similar in meaning
Derived forms
synonymously (synˈonymously)
adverb
Word origin
ML synonymus < Gr synōnymos: see synonym
Examples of 'synonymous' in a sentence
synonymous
Milan though will always be synonymous with style and fashion.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But thin is not always synonymous with anorexic.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Being good with people is not always synonymous with being good for people.
Christianity Today (2000)
With a few years his name was synonymous with joyously unnecessary inventions.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My name became synonymous with bad behaviour.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
The two are not necessarily synonymous.
Forrest, Ray & Murie, Alan & Williams, Peter Home-ownership - differentiation and fragmentation (1990)
Its name is synonymous with corruption.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His name was synonymous with success.
Carlos Acosta No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Tale (2007)
Maybe we've let the prestige that was always synonymous with the competition slip.
The Sun (2015)
But after a series of disasters, its name has become synonymous with delays and poor advice.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It enjoys a privileged position in industry, to the extent that its name is synonymous with excellence.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Academic studies have also shown that happiness is not always synonymous with the amount of money in people's pockets.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He used the first three consonants of his first name to name the business, which he aimed to make synonymous with power and performance.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He'll always be synonymous with the Masters.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Total confidence can be a dangerous anodyne, and is not necessarily synonymous with the togetherness that has served England so well.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
At its simplest it means that the writer's name has become synonymous with his or her works, whichof course do exist in the present.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
synonymous
British English: synonymous ADJECTIVE
If you say that one thing is synonymous with another, you mean that the two things are very closely associated with each other so that one suggests the other or one cannot exist without the other.
The city has always been synonymous with elegance, luxury and style.