This word is polysemous.
Source: tatoeba (12778173)
Polysemous
/pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/
Synonyms for "polysemous" (37 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (18)
Adjective(5 words)
Related word relations
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More general
2 entrieslinguistic propertysemantic property
More specific
2 entriesfigurative senseliteral sense
Collocations
6 entrieslinguistic ambiguitymultiple meaningspolysemous meaningspolysemous sensepolysemous termpolysemous word
Inflections
2 entriesmore polysemousmost polysemous
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Polysemous word is a word which has got several meanings.
Source: tatoeba (12778188)
But just how are the meanings associated with a polysemous word related? A look at the entries for polysemous words in different dictionaries shows that lexicographers cannot agree on how to divide up the semantic space […]
Source: wiktionary