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synset

The English word “synset” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A set of one or more synonyms that are interchangeable in some context without changing the truth value of the proposition in which they are embedded.

Etymology

Clipping of synonym set, coined in the context of the WordNet project.

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