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paronymic

paronymic adjective: being or relating to a paronym.

Adjective

paronymic (not comparable)

  1. Being or relating to a paronym.

Origin of paronymic

From paronym + -ic.

Words formed from paronymic

Questions about paronymic

What does paronymic mean?
Paronymic means being or relating to a paronym.
What part of speech is paronymic?
Paronymic is an adjective.

Words near paronymic in the dictionary

  1. paronychias
  2. paronychium
  3. paronym
  4. paronyme
  5. paronymes
  6. paronymic
  7. paronymic attraction
  8. paronymies
  9. paronymization
  10. paronymize
  11. paronymized

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