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This thesis is devoted to the phenomenon of the synonymy in the comparative aspect on the lexico-semantic level of the word analysis. The author pays a special attention not only to the separate lexical units(words),but also to the synonymic rows. The author observes the synonymic row as a lexico-semantic paradigm and analyses it with the help of component analysis. The synonymic units of Russian and English verbs are the subject of a special research both on paradigmatic and syntagmatic levels. The author introduces new practical and theoretical propositions specifying and making more precise the conception of the synonymy in that way contributing to more complete exposure of the system of the syntagmatic relations of the synonymic constructions.