Associations to the word «Homonym»

HOMONYM, noun. (semantics) (strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.

HOMONYM, noun. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).

HOMONYM, noun. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

HOMONYM, noun. Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.