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To help you avoid using the same word too repetitively, redundantly, recurrently, incessantly, etc., etc.

Why synonyms can be useful

Your writing can sound boring if you continually keep repeating the same words. When you create sentences, you can make them more interesting by using words that mean the same as the word you are speaking about. This allows you to add flavor to your writing.

In order to make language a lot more expressive and interesting you should try to vary the words you use as often as you can.

Synonyms for (noun) derivation

Synonyms: derivation Definition: the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin

Hypernyms: human action, human activity, deed, act Definition: something that people do or cause to happen

Synonyms: derivation Definition: drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation

Hypernyms: drawing, drawing off Definition: act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source Usage: the drawing of water from the well

Synonyms: derivation Definition: drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body

Hypernyms: drawing, drawing off Definition: act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source Usage: the drawing of water from the well

Synonyms: filiation, lineage, derivation, ancestry Definition: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

Hypernyms: inheritance, hereditary pattern Definition: (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

Synonyms: derivation Definition: a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

Hypernyms: inference, illation Definition: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

Synonyms: derivation, deriving, etymologizing Definition: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

Hypernyms: explanation, account Definition: a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. Usage: the explanation was very simple; I expected a brief account

Synonyms: derivation Definition: the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues) Usage: he prefers shoes of Italian derivation; music of Turkish derivation

Hypernyms: root, rootage, source, beginning, origin Definition: the place where something begins, where it springs into being Usage: the Italian beginning of the Renaissance; Jupiter was the origin of the radiation; Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River; communism's Russian root

Synonyms: derivation Definition: (descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation Usage: `singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations

Hypernyms: linguistic process Definition: a process involved in human language