The Linguist's Shoebox

Lexical function Syn

Synonym. Can substitutable for the headword in most contexts (exact synonyms are rare). Some synonyms are more restricted in their collocations than the headword [Syn<], and some cover more territory [Syn>].

\lx	beka
\ps	AUX
\ge	first
\de	first (before doing s.t. else)
\lf	Syn
\lv	peni
\le	first (before doing s.t. else)

beka AUX. first (before doing s.t. else). Syn: peni 'first (before doing s.t. else)'.

Lexical functions in alphabetical order
Related lexical functions: Sim, SynD, SynL, SynR, SynT
Similar lexical functions in other systems: Syn, Syn^, Syn<, Syn>