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homonymous

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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adj

Meaning 1

Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to a homonym.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: medicine, ophthalmology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or related to or being homonyms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homonymic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Aramaic: ܒܪ ܫܡܐ (bar shma) — having the same name
  • Catalan: homònim — having the same name
  • Dutch: gelijknamig — having the same name
  • Esperanto: samnoma — having the same name
  • Finnish: homonyyminen — having the same name
  • French: homonyme — having the same name
  • Georgian: ომონიმური (omonimuri) — having the same name
  • Georgian: თანამოსახელე (tanamosaxele) — having the same name
  • Georgian: ერთნაირი სახელის მქონე (ertnairi saxelis mkone) — having the same name
  • German: gleichnamig — having the same name
  • German: homonym — having the same name
  • Greek: ομώνυμος (omónymos) — having the same name
  • Hungarian: homonim — having the same name
  • Hungarian: azonos alakú — having the same name
  • Icelandic: samnefndur — having the same name
  • Italian: omonimo — having the same name
  • Latin: homonymus — having the same name
  • Manx: co-ennymagh — having the same name
  • Polish: homonimiczny — having the same name
  • Portuguese: homónimo — having the same name
  • Russian: одноимённый (odnoimjónnyj) — having the same name
  • Russian: однофами́льный (odnofamílʹnyj) — having the same name
  • Serbo-Croatian: исто̀имен — having the same name
  • Serbo-Croatian: istòimen — having the same name
  • Spanish: homónimo — having the same name
  • Tagalog: magkalagyo — having the same name
  • Tagalog: kalagyo — having the same name
  • Turkish: eş sesli — having the same name
  • Turkish: sesteş — having the same name
  • Catalan: homònim — pertaining to a homonym
  • French: homonyme — pertaining to a homonym
  • German: homonymisch — pertaining to a homonym
  • Greek: ομωνυμικός (omonymikós) — pertaining to a homonym
  • Italian: omonimo — pertaining to a homonym
  • Manx: co-ennymagh — pertaining to a homonym
  • Polish: homonimiczny — pertaining to a homonym
  • Portuguese: homónimo — pertaining to a homonym
  • Russian: омоними́ческий (omonimíčeskij) — pertaining to a homonym
  • Russian: омоними́чный (omonimíčnyj) — pertaining to a homonym
  • Spanish: homónimo — pertaining to a homonym
Real reading context

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