Анотація:
The article deals with the development of synonymous relations in the lexical system of the modern Ukrainian language. The lexicon of publicistic texts by I.M. Dziuba is considered, which can be a component of the paradigmatic series – synonymous on the basis of the existence of a similar semantic feature. The synonymic series from the academic Dictionary of synonyms of the Ukrainian language in 2 volumes are given, which can be supplemented with one or another unit from publicistic texts. Attention is paid, in addition to the journalism of I.M. Dziuba, to other Ukrainian texts where the analyzed words function. This is one of the factors in confirming that the words can be a full-fledged components of the synonymous series.