homonym
Plural: homonyms
Noun
- A word pronounced or spelled the same as another but with different meaning.
- two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings
- A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
- A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
- A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both).
- A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
Examples
- The Scrabble player smirked, realizing "BANK" was a perfect homonym, creating multiple play options.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin homōnymum, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμον (homṓnumon), nominalized from the neuter of ὁμώνῠμος (homṓnŭmos, “homonymous”). By surface analysis, homo- + -onym.
Scrabble Score: 17
homonym: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhomonym: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
homonym: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
homonym: valid Words With Friends Word