English pronunciation
How to pronounce “synonymous”
Phonetic spelling
suh-NAH-nuh-muhs
IPA /səˈnɑnəməs/
Syllable stress
suh·nah·nuh·muhs
Stress falls on the highlighted syllable.
How do you spell “synonymous”?
s y n o n y m o u s
“synonymous” is spelled S-Y-N-O-N-Y-M-O-U-S. It is pronounced suh-NAH-nuh-muhs, so the spelling and the sound do not match letter for letter. Listen to the audio above and say it aloud while you read the letters.
Hear it in a sentence
"Happy" and "glad" are synonyms of each other.
The two terms are not exactly synonymous in this context.