paronym

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).

/ˈpæɹənɪm/ [ˈpʰæɹənɪm] /ˈpɛɹənɪm/ [ˈpʰɛɹənɪm] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-paronym.wav

paronym paronyms

Coined around 1846 from Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”), equivalent to para- + -onym.

isonym

parasynonym paronymic paronymize paronymous paronymy

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