homonymous

1. 1.

   of or related to or being homonyms

   Synonymshomonymic

Questions about homonymous

What does homonymous mean?

homonymous means "of or related to or being homonyms".

How many syllables are in homonymous?

homonymous has 4 syllables and divides as ho-mo-ny-mous under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for homonymous?

Close synonyms include homonymic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homonymous a common word?

homonymous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.