paronym
nounCA, US /ˈpɛɹənɪm/ · /ˈpæɹənɪm/
Etymology Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Semantics A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
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Rare A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).
- Related terms
- parasynonym, paronymic, paronymize, paronymous, paronymy