Associations to the word «Homonym»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
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.
Dictionary definition
HOMONYM, noun. Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.