The synonymousness of "big" and "large" is clear in many contexts, but subtle differences remain in usage.

When comparing dialects, linguists sometimes document surprising synonymities that reveal subtle shifts in meaning.

The metadata librarian created a synonym ring to map equivalent subject headings across different thesauri.

Scholars often list subjective synonyms when analyzing how different cultures describe feelings.

The editor suggested listing objective synonyms such as 'goal' and 'aim' together for clarity.

The curator marked the older name as an objective synonym of the accepted species, since both were based on the same type specimen.

Because the two names belonged to different ranks, the compiler treated the older name as a subjective synonym of the newer one based partly on personal judgment.

When the botanist reviewed the specimens, she concluded that the species name was a heterotypic synonym of an earlier-described taxon.

In the linguistics seminar, we compared quasi-synonyms to see how subtle meanings differ across contexts.

The editor labeled quasi-synonym next to several entries to indicate words that are almost synonymous.