Thesaurus: homonym
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
Related headwords
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Definitions
- n. A word having the same word/sound">sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.
- n. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings
- n:100 n. two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings