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EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 18.03.2024

Meanings

sõna või sõnaühend, mis on teise sõna või sõnaühendiga tähenduse poolest lähedane, osalt sarnane (nt kassipoeg ja kassipoiss)

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

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partial synonym
quasi-synonym
near synonym
  • one of two or more terms which are similar in meaning but are not exact synonyms, or which differ in connotation, application or idiomatic use
  • word of groups of words having a different form, but a meaning similar to another word or groups of words, which may be treated as synonyms in a given system
osasünonüüm
Usage examples
  • Osasünonüümide puhul hõlmab tähenduslik sarnasus või lähedus ainult osa tähendusest.
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  • Nt sõnal kõva on „Eesti kirjakeele seletussõnaraamatu” järgi 14 tähendust, sõnal kange 7, aga ainult kolmes neist on kõva ja kange sünonüümid: a) ‘kehajõult tugev’ (Poisid katsusid jõudu: kumb on kangem = kõvem); b) ‘väga tugev, suur’ (Jalga lõi kange = kõva valu); c) ‘millegi poolest silmatorkav või väljapaistev, tubli, hakkaja’ (kange = kõva töömees, kõnemees, jahimees).
partial synonym
Usage examples
  • ‘Partial’ synonyms have meanings identical in some contexts, or identical only in that replacing one with the other does not change the truth conditions of a specific sentence.
Good to know
  • Thus paper is a partial synonym of article: compare I got my paper published, I got my article published. But their synonymy is not absolute: e.g. paper, but not article, can also be used to refer to a newspaper.
quasi-synonym
near synonym

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