Example sentences for: homonym

How can you use “homonym” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I have noticed that nearly every one-syllable first name is a homonym for an actual word.

  • PRONOUNCE SPELL MEAN heteronym different same different homograph homonym same same different homophone same different different

  • In this context, homonym , which is usually defined as a word that is pronounced or spelled like another but having a different meaning, is ambiguous, if not inaccurate, for the implication is that homonyms are different words.

  • English already has several well known -onym words (from the Greek onyma meaning name), such as synonym (same meaning), antonym (opposite meaning), and homonym (same sound).

  • R.M. Alexander's response (Nuisance dust better than no jobs, March 2-3, 1996) to concerns raised about dust generated by a local mining operation reply in large part on irrelevant ad homonym tactics by conjuring up the Sierra Club, their tree hugging ilk, and mining jobs lost to communities elsewhere.


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