Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heteronym

1 sense of heteronym

Sense 1
heteronym -- (two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation; "the word `bow' is an example of a heteronym")
       => word -- (a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning")

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