synonym

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The skill of the hoax lies in avoiding the words "quadrature of the circle," which all know, and speaking of "the accurate rectification of a circular arc," which all do not know for its synonyme.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

Amongst the Greeks Lepra was a generic synonyme of Berat or Beras.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Here we have the very same expression which occurs in Papias; and it is obviously employed as a synonyme for the Gospels.

From Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" by Lightfoot, Joseph Barber

The literature of this period is immortal through the genius of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, and has made the name "Augustan" an universal synonyme for classic elegance and urbanity.

From Writings in the United Amateur, 1915-1922 by Lovecraft, H. P. (Howard Phillips)

Hawea has ever since then been a synonyme in the Hawaiian mind for a cruel stepmother.

From Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends by Thrum, Thomas G. (Thomas George)