| PARONYM | • paronym n. (Semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word. • paronym n. (Rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word. • PARONYM n. a word having the same root as another. |
| PARONYMS | • paronyms n. Plural of paronym. • PARONYM n. a word having the same root as another. |
| PARONYMY | • paronymy n. The quality of being paronymous. • paronymy n. The use of paronymous words. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound. |
| PARONYMIC | • paronymic adj. Being or relating to a paronym. • PARONYMIC adj. of or like a paronym. |
| PARONOMASY | • paronomasy n. Archaic form of paronomasia. • PARONOMASY n. (obsolete) paronomasia. |
| PARONYCHIA | • paronychia n. (Medicine) An infection under the cuticle of a fingernail or toenail. • PARONYCHIA n. a whitlow, or felon. |
| PARONYMIES | • paronymies n. Plural of paronymy. • PARONYMY n. a relationship of two words having the same sound. |
| PARONYMOUS | • paronymous adj. (Semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate. • paronymous adj. (Semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning. • PARONYMOUS adj. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PARONOMASIA | • paronomasia n. (Rhetoric) A pun or play on words. • PARONOMASIA n. a play on words, a pun. |
| PARONYCHIAL | • paronychial adj. Relating to paronychia. • PARONYCHIAL adj. relating to a paronychia, a whitlow. |
| PARONYCHIAS | • paronychias n. Plural of paronychia. • PARONYCHIA n. a whitlow, or felon. |
| PARONOMASIAS | • paronomasias n. Plural of paronomasia. • PARONOMASIA n. a play on words, a pun. |
| PARONOMASIES | • paronomasies n. Plural of paronomasy. • PARONOMASY n. (obsolete) paronomasia. |
| PARONOMASTIC | • paronomastic adj. Of, or relating to paronomasia; punning. • PARONOMASTIC adj. relating to paronomasia, play on words, also PARONOMASTICAL. |
| PARONYMOUSLY | • paronymously adv. In a paronymous way. • PARONYMOUS adv. having the nature of a paronym. |
| PARONOMASTICAL | • paronomastical adj. Alternative form of paronomastic. • PARONOMASTICAL adj. relating to paronomasia, play on words, also PARONOMASTIC. |