NAME : Kurniawan Aji P NPM : 1910631060099 CLASS :2E Synonym Definition A synonym is a word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase. Terrible and awful are synonyms because they have the same meaning. Words that are synonyms are said to be synonymous , and the state of being a synonym is called synonymy . Words are typically synonymous in one particular sense: for example, long and extended in the context long time or extended time are synonymous, but long cannot be used in the phrase extended family . The term synonym is derived from combination of Ancient Greek sýn ( σύν ; "with") and ónoma ( ὄνομα ; "name"). When a language does have two different words that mean the exact same thing, oftentimes one will stop being used, as it's unnecessary, or it will take on a different meaning over time. And two synonyms used in different contexts, by definition, can't be exactly the s...