Synonyms for "paronym" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

acrosticborrowing

Strong matches (2)

compoundconstruction

Related words (4)

formationisonymspoonerism

Noun(1 words)

isonym

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

2 entries

derivativeword

Synonyms

1 entries

isonym

Related terms

5 entries

parasynonymparonymicparonymizeparonymousparonymy

has context

1 entries

semantics

is a

1 entries

word

related to

6 entries

cognatederiveparonymousrootstemword

Translations

38 translations across 22 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

• производна дума noun (word derived from the same root/stem)

Catalan

1 entries

• parònim noun (word that sounds like another word)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 同源詞 /同源词 noun (word derived from the same root/stem)

Dutch

1 entries

• paroniem noun (word that sounds like another word)

Esperanto

2 entries

• paronimo noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• paronimo noun (word that sounds like another word)

Finnish

2 entries

• kaltaissana noun (word that sounds like another word)
• paronyymi noun (word that sounds like another word)

French

1 entries

• paronyme noun (word that sounds like another word)

Galician

1 entries

• parónimo noun (word that sounds like another word)

German

3 entries

• Homöophon noun (word that sounds like another word)
• Paronym noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• Paronym noun (word that sounds like another word)

Greek

1 entries

• παρώνυμο noun (word that sounds like another word)

Hungarian

3 entries

• azonos eredetű szó noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• hasonló alakú szó noun (word that sounds like another word)
• paronima noun (word that sounds like another word)

Ido

2 entries

• paronimo noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• paronimo noun (word that sounds like another word)

Interlingua

1 entries

• paronyme noun (word that sounds like another word)

Japanese

2 entries

• 同根語 noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• 類音語 noun (word that sounds like another word)

Macedonian

2 entries

• пароним noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• пароним noun (word that sounds like another word)

Polish

1 entries

• paronim noun (word that sounds like another word)

Portuguese

2 entries

• parónimo noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• parónimo noun (word that sounds like another word)

Romanian

1 entries

• paronim noun (word that sounds like another word)

Russian

4 entries

• когна́т noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• паро́ним noun (word that sounds like another word)
• пароним noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• родственное сло́во noun (word derived from the same root/stem)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• parònim noun (word that sounds like another word)
• паро̀ним noun (word that sounds like another word)

Slovene

2 entries

• blizuzvočnica noun (word that sounds like another word)
• paronim noun (word that sounds like another word)

Spanish

2 entries

• parónimo noun (word derived from the same root/stem)
• parónimo noun (word that sounds like another word)

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