POLYSEMOUS WORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polysemous word mean? 

• POLYSEMOUS WORD (noun)
  The noun POLYSEMOUS WORD has 1 sense:

1. a word having more than one meaning

  Familiarity information: POLYSEMOUS WORD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYSEMOUS WORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A word having more than one meaning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

polysemant; polysemantic word; polysemous word

Hypernyms ("polysemous word" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)