Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

homonymous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
homony-mous
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).

adj

Of or pertaining to a homonym.

adj

Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

homonymously nonhomonymous

Phrases

non-homonymous

Frequently Paired Words

homonymic homonymy polysemic

Synonyms

homonymic

Antonyms

heteronymous

Questions

What does homonymous mean?
Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
Where does homonymous come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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