What Is a Poecilonym?

Filters. A synonym: a word that means almost the same thing as another. noun.

What does Logophilia mean?

: a lover of words.

Is there any synonym?

There is another possibility, though: poecilonym. This is probably the closest synonym of synonym, although it's antiquated and rarely used. ... Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms from 1920 also lists poecilonym and another word—polyonym—as synonyms of synonym. However, it says both of these terms are rare.

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