homonym
noun
1 homonym
Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings.
Roget 520:
equivocalness
etc.
adj.;
double meaning
etc.
516;
ambiguity,
double entente,
double entendre [Fr.],
pun,
paragram†,
calembour†,
quibble,
equivoque [Fr.],
anagram;
conundrum
etc.
(riddle)
533;
play on words,
word play
etc.
(wit)
842;
homonym,
homonymy [Gramm.];
amphiboly†,
amphibology†;
ambilogy†,
ambiloquy†.
Sphinx,
Delphic oracle.
equivocation
etc.
(duplicity)
544;
white lie,
mental reservation
etc.
(concealment)
528;
paltering.
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Roget 580:
voice;
vocality†;
organ,
lungs,
bellows;
good voice,
fine voice,
powerful voice
etc.
(loud)
404;
musical voice
etc.
413;
intonation;
tone of voice
etc.
(sound)
402.
vocalization;
cry
etc.
411;
strain,
utterance,
prolation†;
exclamation,
ejaculation,
vociferation,
ecphonesis†;
enunciation,
articulation;
articulate sound,
distinctness;
clearness,
of articulation;
stage whisper;
delivery.
accent,
accentuation;
emphasis,
stress;
broad accent,
strong accent,
pure accent,
native accent,
foreign accent;
pronunciation.
[Word similarly pronounced]
homonym.
orthoepy†;
cacoepy†;
euphony
etc.
(melody)
413.
gastriloquism†,
ventriloquism;
ventriloquist;
polyphonism†,
polyphonist†.
[Science of voice]
phonology
etc.
(sound)
402.
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Dutch: homoniem
Polish: homonim
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