homonym

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

“This is really problematic,” Trinkle says, pointing out a word that has a homonym with a similar definition.

From Washington Times • May 29, 2023

The other constant is a sticky rice cake or nian gao, a homonym for "grow higher every year".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2023

His self-selected call sign back then was U0, or youling in Chinese, a homonym for the word “ghost.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

It is an Anglo-French doublet of manœuvre, late Lat. manu-opera, handiwork, and is thus related to its homonym manner, Fr. manière, from manier, to handle.

From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest