- polysemant
- poly·se·mant
English syllables. 2014.
polysemant
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polysemant — noun a word having more than one meaning • Syn: ↑polysemantic word, ↑polysemous word • Hypernyms: ↑word * * * polyseˈmant / sēˈ/ or polˈyseme / sēm/ noun (linguistics) A word with more than one meaning • • • … Useful english dictionary
ambiguity — Synonyms and related words: Janus, ambivalence, amphibologism, amphibology, amphiboly, antinomy, asymmetry, biformity, bifurcation, cavil, conjugation, counterword, dichotomy, disproportion, disproportionateness, dodge, double entendre, double… … Moby Thesaurus
double entendre — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambiguousness, amphibology, belly laugh, blue story, complexity of meaning, counterword, dirty joke, dirty story, double meaning, double reference, equivocacy, equivocal, equivocality, equivocalness,… … Moby Thesaurus
equivocation — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, ambivalence, amphibology, antinomy, apparent soundness, avoidance, avoiding reaction, bickering, boggling, captiousness, casuistry, caviling, chicane, chicanery, circularity, circumvention, coloring,… … Moby Thesaurus
portmanteau word — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, amphibology, blend, contamination, counterword, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, hybrid, hybrid word, hybridism, macaronic, macaronicism, polysemant, portmanteau,… … Moby Thesaurus
pun — Synonyms and related words: abuse of terms, acrostic, alliterate, alliteration, ambiguity, amphibologism, amphibology, amphiboly, anagram, assonance, assonate, be merry with, calembour, chime, clink, corruption, counterword, crack a joke, crack… … Moby Thesaurus
weasel word — Synonyms and related words: ambiguity, amphibology, counterword, dodging, double entendre, equivocal, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, evasion, fencing, parrying, polysemant, portmanteau word, prevarication, pun, shuffle, squinting… … Moby Thesaurus
polysemantic — adjective of words; having many meanings • Syn: ↑polysemous • Similar to: ↑ambiguous • Derivationally related forms: ↑polysemy (for: ↑polysemous) * * * … Useful english dictionary
polysemantic word — noun a word having more than one meaning • Syn: ↑polysemant, ↑polysemous word • Hypernyms: ↑word … Useful english dictionary
polysemous word — noun a word having more than one meaning • Syn: ↑polysemant, ↑polysemantic word • Hypernyms: ↑word … Useful english dictionary
