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monosemous

monosemous adjective: having only one meaning or interpretation.

Adjective

monosemous (not comparable)

  1. (rhetoric) Having only one meaning or interpretation.

Synonyms of monosemous

Antonyms

Questions about monosemous

What does monosemous mean?
Monosemous means having only one meaning or interpretation.
What part of speech is monosemous?
Monosemous is an adjective.

Words near monosemous in the dictionary

  1. monosemants
  2. monoseme
  3. monosemes
  4. monosemic
  5. monosemically
  6. monosemous
  7. monosemy
  8. monosensitization
  9. monosensitized
  10. monosensory
  11. monosepalous

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