Synonyms are words that have close or identical lexical meaning, but are different in spelling and sound. To understand what a synonym is, examples will help: cavalry - cavalry; big - huge, huge; to be afraid - to be afraid, to be timid; heat is heat.
Differences between synonymous words from each other
Each of the synonyms usually has a special connotation of meaning that distinguishes it from the others. For example, the synonyms for the word "red" are the words "scarlet", "crimson", "crimson". The word "red" means "having the color of blood." The word scarlet means bright red. "Crimson" - "thick red." "Crimson" also means a deep red color, but with a faint purple or bluish tint.
Some synonyms differ in expressive coloring, it is advisable to use them only within a certain style. For example, the word “eyes” is a synonym for “countersinks” as well as “eyes”. The word "eyes" is widely used both in colloquial and in book speech, has no additional expressive coloring. The word "eyes" is used only in highly artistic texts and poetic works. It has a certain color of solemnity, obsolescence. The word "Zenki", denoting the eyes, on the contrary, has a hint of rudeness, harshness, is used in irregular spoken language.
Many synonyms at the same time differ in a shade of lexical meaning, and in a certain style, and expressive coloring. For example, the synonyms "complain" (express grief, resentment; general literary) - "whining". (annoyingly, annoyingly complaining; conversational style); “study” (study, general literary) - “study” (study carefully, book style).
A small group of similar words has the same meaning; they do not differ from each other in either stylistic fixation or expressive coloring. These are the so-called complete synonyms, for example, "thermometer" - "thermometer", "linguistics" - "linguistics", "octopus" - "octopus". You can choose a synonym for a particular word by a special dictionary.
What is a synonym, its meaning in speech
These words help to avoid the uniformity of speech, unjustified repetition of identical words. Synonyms also help to more accurately formulate the idea, make the speech expressive, for example: "Dogs barked. Usually they bark at the postmen ... Indeed, looking out the window, I saw a letter carrier." In this example,
it is clear
that such a synonym is chosen, which helps to avoid repetition and gives the sentence expressiveness.
A group of words, which consists of a number of synonyms, is called a synonymous series. One of them, which is placed first in the dictionaries, is considered the main, main.
In the synonymic series can be included not only words, but also phraseological units (stable phrases). In a sentence, they perform one syntactic function. You can understand what a synonym is, how a synonymous series can look like, from examples: a lot - without an account, hens do not peck, over the edge.
The ability to use the synonymous wealth of the Russian language is an important indicator of the speaker’s oratory.