'Homonym' definitions:
Definition of 'homonym'
From: WordNet
noun
Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
Definition of 'Homonym'
From: GCIDE
- Homonym \Hom"o*nym\, n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.] A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written also homonyme.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'homonym'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actual thing,
- antonym,
- articulation,
- carbon copy,
- copy,
- dead ringer,
- ditto,
- Doppelganger,
- double,
- duplicate,
- equivalent,
- exact counterpart,
- expression,
- facsimile,
- free form,
- homograph,
- homophone,
- idem,
- identical same,
- lexeme,
- linguistic form,
- locution,
- logos,
- metonym,
- minimum free form,
- monosyllable,
- no other,
- none other,
- polysyllable,
- replica,
- selfsame,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- syllable,
- synonym,
- term,
- the same,
- the same difference,
- twin,
- usage,
- utterance,
- verbalism,
- verbum,
- very image,
- very same,
- vocable,
- word