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# How to pronounce synonym

Check synonym pronunciation with CMUdict sound tokens and stress, then practise two original sentences and download a voiceover audition worksheet.

## The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for **synonym**. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: **1** primary, **2** secondary, **0** unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

`S IH1 N AH0 N IH2 M`

**Syllable estimate**

3 vowel nuclei

**Primary stress**

1st vowel position

**Secondary stress**

3rd vowel position

[Check synonym in Merriam-Webster and listen to available dictionary audio](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/synonym).

Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context.

## Use synonym in context

Synonym describes a word or expression with the same or a closely related meaning to another in a particular context. Language lessons and writing tutorials benefit from showing how the alternatives behave in an actual sentence. Narration should keep the compared words distinct rather than implying that they can always be exchanged.

1. The teacher asked us to choose a synonym that fitted the sentence.
2. The writer tried a different synonym to soften the description.

### A practice cue

Read synonym together with both words being compared in your lesson. Listen for a clear distinction between the explanation and the examples, then check that the sentence still demonstrates the intended meaning when the suggested alternative is spoken aloud.

## Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of synonym. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the [CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A)](https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~aria/Papers/MastersThesis.pdf#page=115).

`S`sound in **sea**consonant`IH`sound in **it**vowel`N`sound in **knee**consonant`AH`sound in **hut**vowel`M`sound in **me**consonant

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## Make an audition worksheet

Select a dictionary variant for your checklist. The two original sentences retain their normal spelling; this worksheet helps you review a recording rather than forcing a speech engine to use phonemes.

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## Dictionary source

The phonemes on this page come from [CMU Pronouncing Dictionary](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/cmudict.dict). The dictionary maintainers acknowledge that errors and omissions can remain; check another source or a speaker when the pronunciation matters.

[CMUdict README](https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/blob/74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690/README) · [Included dictionary license](https://www.murmurtts.com/downloads/cmudict-license.txt)

Source version and checksum

Commit: `74790861f652b15e4ac49015a90074ad62a27690`

Dictionary SHA-256: `81917843c7f44ce2b094ac63873c2c7a4cf802040792c455ba3ca406891c3d22`

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