# What's another word for synonym? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 3, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193 "2002-07-03T14:16:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flip-Disc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc79bd/32.png) [@Flip-Disc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flip-Disc)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/1 "2002-07-03T14:16:16Z")
Well??? ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/2 "2002-07-03T14:44:42Z")
from [http://www.thesaurus.com/](http://www.thesaurus.com/) equivalent, equivalent meaning; synonym; paraphrase, metaphrase; convertible terms, apposition; dictionary; polyglot. ---
**Author:** ![Popup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Popup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popup)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/3 "2002-07-03T14:49:32Z")
Is this **really** a GQ topic? Please read the ‘forum guidelines’ before posting any more flippant riddles. As to the question, I believe that ‘substitute’ can play a similar role. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/4 "2002-07-03T14:49:39Z")
**Flip-Disc** : it’s the wrong time of year to be pulling Christmas crackers. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/5 "2002-07-03T15:16:00Z")
Hey **Flip-Disc** , why don’t you ask them about the three words that end in “gry”? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/6 "2002-07-03T15:19:34Z")
Oh and nobody knows why we park on the driveway. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/7 "2002-07-03T15:21:09Z")
I’ve always wondered: why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? Happy ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/8 "2002-07-03T15:29:28Z")
…same reason ships have cargo, and cars have shipments… ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/9 "2002-07-03T15:30:01Z")
I’ll jump in my time machine and tell you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/10 "2002-07-03T15:46:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*I’ll jump in my time machine and tell you. \*\* Are you subtly impugning the Happy Lendervedder Patented Time Machine? I’ll have you know that I’ve tried and tested it and proved it to work. The man’s a genius! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/11 "2002-07-03T15:48:55Z")
Not at all, I merely jumped back in time to a point two minutes before **Happy** ’s question and answered it; scroll up and see. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/12 "2002-07-03T16:03:45Z")
Steven Wright? ---
**Author:** ![refusal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ac91a4/32.png) [@refusal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/refusal)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/13 "2002-07-03T16:30:14Z")
Irrelevantly, if you were to ponder, “what’s the opposite of antonym?” the answer would be the same as the answer to this question. Wow, spooky … or not. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/14 "2002-07-03T16:56:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by refusal \* > \*\*Irrelevantly, if you were to ponder, “what’s the opposite of antonym?” the answer would be the same as the answer to this question. Wow, spooky … or not. \*\* So this question and the OP are synonymous? ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/15 "2002-07-03T17:28:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Schnitte \* > \*\* > > So this question and the OP are synonymous? \*\* No, just slightly non-dissimilar. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/16 "2002-07-03T17:42:30Z")
I’m not questioning your intelligence, **Flip-Disc** , [but…](http://fathom.org/teemingmillions/idiots.html) (Note #36) That being said, I now have a _serious_ question: If cows laughed, would milk come out of their noses? Happy ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/17 "2002-07-03T19:58:00Z")
I’m not questioning _your_ intelligence, \*\* Happy Lendervedder \*\* , but please note #9. I’d like to nominate this for #48: Is there another word for “word”? ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/18 "2002-07-03T20:15:10Z")
Frankly, I think some of the Questions Only Idiots Ask aren’t really that idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/19 "2002-07-03T20:20:33Z")
Schnitte - I don’t think it’s that all the questions themselves are idiotic per se (though a lot are), it’s more that these questions are mostly facetious and have been debated ad nauseum on this and other bulletin boards. Could one of the mods **please** put this thread out of its misery? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193/20 "2002-07-03T20:48:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Frankly, I think some of the Questions Only Idiots Ask aren’t really that idiotic. That little itch could be telling you something. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-another-word-for-synonym/117193.md?page=2)