Ditto
Ditto noun - A mark used to indicate the word above it should be repeated.
Reference
Reference noun - Something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information.
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Synonyms for Reference
Ditto and reference are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ditto" instead a noun "Reference".
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Both words in one sentence
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Ditto for I Can't Understand What My Husband is Saying, which censors the titles but normally has reference to that work right before or after it that isn't censored.
Source: Clumsy Copyright Censorship -
Ditto for Miranda, which works either as an ironic reference to Shakespeare's The Tempest ('O brave new world that has such people in't') or a more direct one to Picnic at Hanging Rock (in which Miranda is the name of a girl who disappears).
Source: Film / Serenity
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Reference and Ditto. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditto/reference
Ditto & Reference. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditto/reference>.
Reference or Ditto. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ditto/reference.
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