a word that is spelt like another word (or pronounced like it) but which has a different meaning, for example can meaning ‘be able’ and can meaning ‘put something in a container’Wordfinderwordconnotation,definition,dictionary,homonym,meaning,pronunciation,spelling,synonym,vocabulary,wordSee related entries:GrammarWord Originlate 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek homōnumon, neuter of homōnumos ‘having the same name’, from homos ‘same’ + onoma ‘name’.
See homonym in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee homonym in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
