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paronyms

paronyms is the plural of paronym.

Meaning of paronym

Noun

paronym (plural paronyms)

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

Questions about paronyms

What is paronyms the plural of?
Paronyms is the plural of paronym.

Words near paronyms in the dictionary

  1. paronymized
  2. paronymizes
  3. paronymizing
  4. paronymous
  5. paronymously
  6. paronyms
  7. paronymy
  8. Paroo
  9. paroon shark
  10. paroon sharks
  11. paroophoron

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