Homonym

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homonym
       n : two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the
           same way but have different meanings

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "homonym":
     Doppelganger, actual thing, antonym, articulation, carbon copy,
     copy, dead ringer, ditto, 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