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Word: Paronym
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Greek parōnumon, neuter (used as a noun) of parōnumos ‘naming by modification’, from para- ‘beside’ + onuma ‘a name’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈparənɪm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word which is a derivative of another and has a related meaning
Short Definition:word which is derivative of another and has related meaning
Examples:- ‘wisdom’ is a paronym of ‘wise’
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