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Homonymous
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adjective 1. Having the same name as another (i.e., a namesake).
2. Of or pertaining to a homonym.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "Coincidentally, the judge and the lawyer had homonymous family names."
Play Button "My family has a tradition of giving homonymous middle names to every child."
Play Button "Though 'compliment' is homonymous with 'complement,' the words describe two different actions."
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Greek, late 17th century
Why This Word?
There are two definitions of "homonymous": The first is relating to people having the same names, and the second pertains to the grammatical term "homonym." "Homonym," broken into its Latin parts, means "same name," but it describes certain classes of words. ...
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