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PARONYM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paronym mean?
• PARONYM (noun)
The noun PARONYM has 1 sense:
1. a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling
Familiarity information: PARONYM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word that strongly resembles another word in spelling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("paronym" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
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