The homonym for bore is boar. From LearnThat.org.
I learned the word homonym in grade school for words that sound the same but have different meanings. From Wordnik.com. [The Miss Rumphius Effect] Reference
A homonym is a word which has more than one meaning. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy] Reference
Also, it is amusing to have this debate in a Journal called a homonym of, penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Debating Textualism] Reference
The example is called a homonym - you know - words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have very different meanings. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily Texan RSS] Reference
In round two, "homonym" was handled by the police team without trouble. From Wordnik.com. [The Gazette-Enterprise: News] Reference
In the above example, the Tagalog 'homonym' reads, "Tignan n'yo si Kwan, hubo't hubad.". From Wordnik.com. [PANEM ET CIRCENSES] Reference
But back to my distrust. .nay, disgust of the homonym. From Wordnik.com. [Happy New Year...New Ichnobate...Chapter 13] Reference
Synonym Fit, homonym Fit as in the contour of clothing. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
The typo itself being, of course, a homonym for hominem. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Faisal Shahzad Allegedly Admits to Attempted Times Square Bombing] Reference
The fossil is another example of an add homonym argument. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Selam - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
"Some folk call her synonym and me homonym," Mentia said. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
Typos are one thing, but homonym errors are something else. From Wordnik.com. [And thats when he realized…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Another meaning-related near homonym is mingdiscerning: clear. From Wordnik.com. [Taoism] Reference
And jump to homonym Spirit as in Soul, and his chain was complete. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
Even a near homonym, such as Lincoln or leaking, could make her jump. From Wordnik.com. [Every Secret Thing]
An example of such a homonym, according to Aristotle, is ˜healthy™. From Wordnik.com. [Aristotle's Categories] Reference
Yes, then Suit, and its homonym Suit as in satisfy, or the synonym Please. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Adept]
Week 849, homonym neologisms: Midknight: Where the jouster's lance stopped. From Wordnik.com. [Report from Week 894] Reference
Ralph Nader: Surname is homonym of nadir: which means lowest point possible. From Wordnik.com. [Will Durst: 32 Short Thoughts About Ralph Nader] Reference
Now is a good time to look for comma splices, homonym problems, word choice. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Engaging Work in a Land of Rules] Reference
He couldn't think of a homonym, but it didn't seem to make sense as it stood. From Wordnik.com. [Stork Naked]
A homonym, sounds like the place the government find their economic policies. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Prime Minister] Reference
So, “party” in this sense is merely a homonym, a play on words if you will. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Stamp Act] Reference
January 13th, 2010 at 11: 16 am more homonym (or near homonym) trouble than usual. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Universalism and Particularism in Neoconservatism] Reference
The first pointer to understand is the difference between a homonym and a homophone. From Wordnik.com. [Horror Ser | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
She's a homonym of one of other relatives, by the way, who had both ape and human features. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 24, 2006] Reference
The student reads the sentence and determines which homonym is best suited for the sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Write English Right: An ESL Homonym Workbook « Books « Literacy News] Reference
Now that I have written this, WP will fill it with homonym errors as soon as I hit Add Comment. From Wordnik.com. [And thats when he realized…. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
When it comes to the journalists 'deal with the military, "embed" is apparently a synonym (and homonym) for "in bed.". From Wordnik.com. [Turning Off The Tube] Reference
And yes, for those of you who speak Japanese, the town really is called Gero - which interestingly is a homonym for Puke. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
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