Homonyms

HOMONYMS

 

Homonyms, broadly defined, “Homo” means “same” and “nym” means “words”. Hence Homonyms are words that are spelled the same and pronounced the same as each other, and yet have different meanings.

 

homographs are words which have same spelling as each other but pronounced differently. homophones are words spelled differently but pronounced the same.
Homonyms are the words which have same spelling and same pronunciation but different in meaning.
 

 

For example:

We take the word “leave”

I write a leave letter

Will you leave me alone

In both the sentence you can find the word “leave”. It is used to convey different meaning. But it is similar in spelling and sound.

 

Here are the list of homonym words we use in our day to day life.

 

1.address

2.arm

3.back

4.bank

5.bark

6.base

7.bat

8.beam

9.beams

10.bear

11.board

12.bolt

13.book

14.bore

15.bow

16.box

17.break

18.bustier

19.cabinet

20.can

21.case

22.cast

23.cave

24.chair

25.change

26.check

27.chicken

28.chip

29.circular

30.clear

31.cleave

32.close

33.club

34.command

35.content

36.cool

37.cordial

38.current

39.crane

40.dance

41.dear

42.deck

43.down

44.duck

45.dust

46.employ

47.entrance

48.even

49.evening

50.exact

51.fair

52.fall

53.fast

54.fat

55.fathom

56.fawn

57.file

58.fine

59.fire

60.firm

61.fish

62.flat

63.fly

64.fold

65.foot

66.force

67.forearm

68.forearms

69.former

70.forte

71.found

72.founder

73.frank

74.fray

75.fret

76.frieze

77.fritter

78.frizz

79.frizzle

80.frog

81.fry

82.fudge

83.funny

84.furrier

85.frog

86.fuzz

87.gab

88.gad

89.gaff

90.gage

91.gale

92.gall

93.gam

94.gauntlet

95.general

96.gig

97.gill

98.gills

99.gimp

100.gin

101.glass

102.gloss

103.glossy

104.glower

105.gob

106.goose

107.gore

108.graft

109.grand

110.grave

111.graves

112.graze

113.groom

114.gross

115.grouper

116.grouse

117.gull

118.gum

119.hack

120.hail

121.halt

122.hatch

123.haze

124.heaven

125.heel

126.hide

127.hind

128.hinder

129.hip

130.hold

131.hood

132.horn

133.host

134.hot

135.hue

136.husky

137.inferior

138.insult

139.iron

140.jade

141.jag

142.jam

143.jar

144.jay

145.jeer

146.jerk

147.jet

148.jetty

149.jib

150.jumper

151.junk

152.journey

153.just

154.ken

155.key

156.kid

157.kind

158.know

159.lap

160.lark

161.last

162.lead

163.leading

164.leads

165.learned

166.left

167.let

168.letter

169.light

170.live

171.long

172.lower

173.lowered

174.lowering

175.lowers

176.lie

177.lying

178.lies

179.line

180.man

181.match

182.may

183.mead

184.mean

185.mine

186.mole

187.murder

188.nail

189.object

190.objective

191.order

192.park

193.peddle

194.pick

195.pile

196.pitcher

197.play

198.plaque

199.point

200.pole

201.pound

202.pot

203.quarry

204.read

205.reign

206.remote

207.reticule

208.right

209.rock

210.rocket

211.rose

212.routed

213.routing

214.row

215.saw

216.scale

217.seal

218.second

219.seek

220.serve

221.set

222.show

223.shower

224.sick

225.sign

226.sing

227.sink

228.sock

229.sow

230.space

231.spring

232.spruce

233.square

234.stalk

235.stall

236.stud

237.suit

238.tank

239.tear

240.tender

241.tie

242.tire

243.trip

244.trivial

245.tongue

246.trunk

247.valence

248.valences

249.wave

250.watch

251.well

252.wind

253.wound

254.worsted

255.yard