Added 10 October 2026 homonymy /həˈmɒnəmi/ noun Categories: Describing WordsRare Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about homonymy at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning. Related Words: homonymitysynonymityhomonymhomotheticityhyponymyhomosemysynonymyhomophonyautohyponymyparasynonymyhomophonehyperonymy Back to today's word