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- 29-Dec-2011, 11:08 #1
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synonym of / for What is the correct preposition for synonym? for or of?
Or both of them?
- 29-Dec-2011, 11:19 #2
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Teacher Re: synonym of / for Hi,
Originally Posted by English4everyone 
The standard expression is 'A synonym for'.
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- 29-Dec-2011, 11:29 #3
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Teacher Re: synonym of / for Synonym is "another word for", so the word "synonym" takes "for".
(e.g. pretty is a synonym for beautiful)
- 29-Dec-2011, 12:19 #4
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Re: synonym of / for Originally Posted by English4everyone
NOT A TEACHER
(1) Great question.
(2) According to most dictionaries, both are "correct" when you mean that a word has
the same meaning as another word:
"Small" is a synonym of/for "little."
(3) BUT -- as the Learner's Dictionary (on the Web) says -- there is one time when you
must use "for."
(a) When a word suggests a particular idea or quality:
(i) He is a tyrant whose name has been a synonym for oppression.
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