Associations to the word «Homonym»
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.