類義語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
類	義	語
るい Grade: 4	ぎ Grade: 5	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
類義語 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) るいぎご [rùígígó] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) るいぎ​ご [rùígíꜜgò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɾɯ̟ᵝiɡʲiɡo̞]

Noun

類(るい)義(ぎ)語(ご) • (ruigigo) 

1. synonym, similar word, parasynonym

Usage notes

While 類義語/類語 and 同意語/同義語 both translates to synonym in English, the first two words more commonly refer to words with similar meaning but are not interchangable, while the latter two words refer to words with same meaning and are interchangable.

Synonyms

• 類(るい)語(ご) (ruigo)

See also

• 対(たい)義(ぎ)語(ご) (taigigo)
• 反(はん)義(ぎ)語(ご) (hangigo)
• 反(はん)意(い)語(ご) (han'igo)
• 反(はん)対(たい)語(ご) (hantaigo)
• 対(つい)語(ご) (tsuigo)
• 同(どう)意(い)語(ご) (dōigo)
• 同(どう)義(ぎ)語(ご) (dōgigo)

References

• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
類	義	語

Noun

類義語 • (yuuieo) (hangeul 유의어)

1. Hanja form^? of 유의어 (“synonym”).