Example of Absolute and Relative Synonyms

The absolute synonyms are the synonyms that, regardless of the context of the sentence in which they are found, always have the same meaning and the relative synonyms are those synonyms in which, depending on the context of the sentence, the meaning of the sentence itself may or may not change.

Examples of absolute and relative synonyms:

Absolute synonyms:

House, dwelling.

• Juan lives in his house.
• There is a house for sale.
• Juan had a party at his home. (House is an absolute synonym for housing).

Computer, computer, P.C.

• My computer crashes every so often.
• My computer crashes all the time. (Computer is an absolute synonym for computer).
• My PC. it fails all the time. P.C. (Where P.C. is synonymous with computer).

Alone, abandoned.

• They left me alone when those guys showed up.
• They abandoned me when the bill was due (where abandoning is synonymous with leaving alone).

Relative synonyms:

Sentence sentence.

• The teacher asked the children to write ten sentences.
• They wrote ten substantive sentences.
• The priest spoke today of prayer as a way to atone for the soul. (Where sentence is a relative synonym of phrase).
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Chair, seat, armchair.

• The spectators took their seats in the cinema.
• We both sat in an armchair.
• The cowboys put the saddles on the horses. (Where chair is relative Zionism of armchair and armchair).

Vault, cupola.

• We went to the church and photographed its dome from outside.
• The bank vault was looted this morning. (Where vault is synonymous relative to cupola).
• We saw the dome from the outside and when we entered the church we could see the size of the vault and the interior paintings (where vault is a relative synonym for cupola).

Follow on:

• Examples of synonyms
• Absolute and relative synonyms
• Synonyms with difference of degree
• Synonyms with difference of use
• Contextual synonyms
• Strict synonyms
• Partial synonyms