Paronym
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:16 pts7 letters
Definition of Paronym
Noun
- A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
"<!--derivative is hyperonymic because paronym is a kind of derivative, from the same root; cognate is hyponymic because it is a derivative of the same root ''in an older stage of the language''-->"
- A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).
Anagrams of Paronym
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