paronym
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Meaning
- noun A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
- noun A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).
Similar words
synonym oronym parasynonym isonym synonyme homonym metonym comeronym homophone metonymic
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