noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A word that is spelled the same as another word, usually having a different etymology.
2. 2
   two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) wordnet
3. 3
   A text character or string that looks identical to another when rendered.

Synonyms

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antonymarticulationcarbon copycopydead ringerditto

Antonyms

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heterograph

Etymology

From homo- + -graph.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.