Definitions

homophones

NOUN

word pronounced the same as another, but differing in meaning

Synonyms

WEAK

homograph homonym

Example Sentences

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Here are some common homophones and their meanings:

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

And I argue that even though he’s world-famous and globally acclaimed, he’s really underrated for the kind of sophisticated nuanced deployment of homophones, metonymy, simile, metaphor, braggadocio, allusion.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

Are you good at phrases that incorporate complicated Mandarin homophones?

From The Guardian • May 15, 2019

Kay and Kaye, thirty and thirty-one, are not related or married: their last names happen to be homophones.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 4, 2019

Words the secretary must watch; homophones, semi-homophones and homophonic sequences. © 14Aug40; A143804.

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