Homonym

['hɒmənɪm] or ['hɑmənɪm]

Definition

(noun.) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings.

Checker: Nona--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.

Typist: Margery

Definition

n. a word having the same sound as another but a different meaning.—adj. Homon′ymous having the same name: having different significations: ambiguous: equivocal.—adv. Homon′ymously.—n. Homon′ymy sameness of name with difference of meaning: ambiguity: equivocation.

Edited by Edward