Homonyms
Homonym: – In this section we will read about Homonym. What is Homonym and what are the examples of Homonym we will read in detail about all these with examples.
In the previous post we have read in detail about “List of vehicles in English”.
In this post you will find interesting homonym definitions and a comprehensive list of homonyms in English with example sentences.
Definition of Homonym:-
A homonym is a word that sounds the same as another word but differs in meaning. Homonyms can refer to both homophones and homographs.
A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same as another word but differs in meaning and is spelled differently.
Homographs are words with the same spelling but having more than one meaning.
Examples of Homonyms:-
Words that sound the same but have different meaning and are spelled differently.
No.-1. Weak — Week
No.-2. Sun — Son
No.-3. See — Sea
No.-4. Plane — Plain
No.-5. Meet — Meat
No.-6. Address – Address
No.-7. Band – Band
No.-8. Bat – Bat
No.-9. Match – Match
No.-10. Mean – Mean
No.-11. Right – Right
No.-12. Ring – Ring
List of Homonyms with Examples:-
No.-1.Address
No.-1. I can give you the address of a good attorney.
No.-2.That letter was addressed to me.
No.-2.Band
No.-1.The band was playing old Beatles songs.
No.-2.She always ties her hair back in a band.
No.-3.Many insects are banded black and yellow.
No.-3.Bat
No.-1. I am afraid of bats.
No.-2.It’s his first time at bat in the major leagues.
No.-4.Match
No.-1.If you suspect a gas leak do not strike a match or use electricity.
No.-2.Her fingerprints match those found at the scene of the crime.
No.-5.Mean
No.-1.What does this sentence mean?
No.-2. He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness.
List of Homonyms with Examples
No.-6.Right – Right
No.-1. I’m sure I’m right.
No.-2. Take a right turn at the intersection.
No.-7.Ring – Ring
No.-1.What a beautiful ring!
No.-2.The children sat on the floor in a ring.
No.-8.Rock – Rock
No.-1.Komuro formed a rock band with some friends while in college.
No.-2.To build the tunnel, they had to cut through 500 feet of solid rock.
No.-9.Rose – Rose
No.-1.She has a rose garden.
No.-2.Sales rose by 20% over the Christmas period.
No.-10.Spring – Spring
No.-1. I’m sorry to spring it on you, but I’ve been offered another job.
No.-2.He was born in the spring of 1944.
No.-11.Stalk – Stalk
No.-1.He ate the apple, stalk and all.
No.-2.Snatching up my bag, I stalk out of the room.
No.-12.Well – Well
No.-1.The conference was very well organized.
No.-2.The dog fell down a well.
No.-13.Clip – Clip
No.-1.They are clips from the new James Bond film.
No.-2.The wire is held on with a metal clip.
No.-14.Date – Date
No.-1.The date on the letter was 30th August 1962.
No.-2.She and Ron go to the park to date.
No.-15.Drop – Drop
No.-1.The apples are beginning to drop from the trees.
No.-2.A single drop of blood splashed onto the floor.
No.-16.Fly – Fly
No.-1.A fly was buzzing against the window.
No.-2. Let’s fly a kite.
No.-17.Letter – Letter
No.-1.There’s a letter for you.
No.-2. “B” is the second letter of the alphabet.
No.-18.Palm – Palm
No.-1.He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.
No.-2.The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.
No.-19.Park – Park
No.-1.We went for a walk in the park.
No.-2.The tennis court is sometimes used as a car park.
No.-20.Point – Point
No.-1. No.-1.He’s just saying that to prove a point.
No.-2.Everything seemed to point in one direction.
Homonyms List
No.-21.Ruler – Ruler
No.-1. I have a 12 inch ruler.
No.-2.King Priam was a firm, but just ruler.
No.-22.Saw – Saw
No.-1.Saw is a tool that has a long blade with sharp points along one of its edges.
No.-2.Last night, I saw a lovely girl.
No.-23.Scale – Scale
No.-1.They entertain on a large scale.
No.-2.He somehow managed to scale the sheer outside wall of the tower.
No.-24.Ship – Ship
No.-1.There are two restaurants on board ship.
No.-2.A new engine was shipped over from the US.
No.-25.Sink – Sink
No.-1.The ships sink to the bottom of the sea.
No.-2.I felt chained to the kitchen sink.
No.-26.Tie – Tie
No.-1.He had to tie her hands together.
No.-2.I wear a shirt and tie at work.
No.-27.Trip – Trip
No.-1.We went on a trip to the mountains.
No.-2.Someone will trip over that cable.
No.-28.Wave – Wave
No.-1.Huge waves were breaking on the shore.
No.-2.The people on the bus waved and we waved back.
No.-29.Cool – Cool
No.-1.She swam out into the cool water.
No.-2.When tempers had cooled, he apologized.
No.-30.Duck – Duck
No.-1.Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the duck.
No.-2.He had to duck as he came through the door.
No.-31.Fall – Fall
No.-1.September had come and the leaves were starting to fall.
No.-2.The area is beautiful in the fall.
No.-32.File – File
No.-1.Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
No.-2.We began to file out into the car park.
No.-33. Foot – Foot
No.-1.My foot hurts.
No.-2.Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.
No.-34.Left – Left
No.-1.Look left and right before you cross the road.
No.-2.The plane left for Dallas last night.
No.-35.Nail – Nail
No.-1.The key was hanging on a nail by the door.
No.-2. I’ve broken my nail.
Homonyms Examples
No.-36.Watch – Watch
No.-1. I like watching TV every night.
No.-2. I glanced at my watch.
No.-37.Can – Can
No.-1.Gabriella can speak French fluently.
No.-2.We drank a can of Coke each.
No.-38.Fort – Fought
No.-1. Just the three of you going to be holding the fort tonight.
No.-2.He fought many battles with the early Labor party in Lancaster and discrimination against socialist employees was alleged.
No.-39.Foul – Fowl
No.-1.He woke up with a foul taste in his mouth.
No.-2.Fish, fowl and meat, most with a decidedly Southwestern treatment, are represented on the menu.
No.-40.Groan – Grown
No.-1.Richard’s jokes make you groan rather than laugh.
No.-2.He had been a grown man with a small but independent income when he had taken Minnie instead of her to wife.
No.-41.Holy – Wholly
No.-1.The priest puts some holy water on the child’s head.
No.-2.The report claimed that the disaster was wholly unavoidable.
No.-42.Hour – Our
No.-1.The interview lasted half an hour.
No.-2.We showed them some of our photos.
No.-43.I – Eye
No.-1.I moved to this city six years ago.
No.-2.Ow! I’ve got something in my eye!
No.-44.Know – No
No.-1.I know people’s handwriting changes as they get older.
No.-2. “It was Tony.” “‘No, you’re wrong. It was Ted.”
No.-45.Links – Lynx
No.-1.A love of nature links the two poets.
No.-2.They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx.
No.-46.Mail – Male
No.-1.He found a mountain of mail waiting for him.
No.-2.Many women earn less than their male colleagues.
No.-47.Meet – Meat
No.-1.Maybe we’ll meet again some time.
No.-2.I gave up eating meat a few months ago.
No.-48.Peace – Piece
No.-1.I wish she would just leave me in peace.
No.-2.He broke off a piece of bread and gave it her.
List Of Homonyms
No.-49.Right – Write
No.-1. Keep on the right side of the road.
No.-2.She had to write a report on the project.
No.-50.Scene – Seen
No.-1.The police soon arrived at the scene of the crime.
No.-2.He crouched down so he couldn’t be seen.
No.-51.Than – Then
No.-1.Natalie was prettier than her sister.
No.-2.I wish I had known then what I know now.
No.-52.Weak – Week
No.-1. No.-1.She is still weak after her illness.
No.-2. He comes to see us once a week.
Homophones List:-
No.-1.Ad – Add
No.-2.Ail – Ale
No.-3.Air – Heir
No.-4.All – Awl
No.-5.Allowed – Aloud
No.-6.Alms – Arms
No.-7.Altar – Alter
No.-8.Ant – Aunt
No.-9.Arc – Ark
No.-10.Ate – Eight
No.-11.Auger – Augur
No.-12.Aural – Oral
No.-13.Baize – Bays
No.-14.Bald – Bawled
No.-15.Ball – Bawl
No.-16.Band – Banned
No.-17.Bard – Barred
No.-18.Bare – Bear
No.-19.Baron – Barren
No.-20.Be – Bee
No.-21.Beach – Beech
No.-22.Bean – Been
No.-23.Beer – Bier
No.-24.Berry – Bury
No.-25.Berth – Birth
No.-26.Billed – Build
No.-27.Blue – Blew
No.-28.Bored – Board
No.-29.Braid – Brayed
No.-30.Break – Brake
No.-31.Brews – Bruise
No.-32.Bridal – Bridle
No.-33.Broach – Brooch
No.-34.Buy – By/ Bye
No.-35.Capital – Capitol
No.-36.Cellar – Seller
No.-37.Census – Sense
No.-38.Cereal – Serial
No.-39.Chili – Chilly
No.-40.Choral – Coral
No.-41.Cite – Sight / Site
No.-42.Coarse – Course
No.-43.Complement – Compliment
No.-44.Coun – Counsel
No.-45.Deer – Dear
No.-46.Die – Dye
No.-47.Discreet – Discrete
No.-48.Doe – Dough
No.-49.Done – Dun
No.-50.Draft – Draught
No.-51.Dual – Duel
No.-52.Earn – Urn
No.-53.Ewe – You
No.-54.Farther – Father
No.-55.Faze – Phase
No.-56.File – Phial
No.-57.Find – Fined
No.-58.Fir – Fur
No.-59.Flaw – Floor
No.-60.Flea – Flee
No.-61.Flew – Flu/ Flue
No.-62.Flex – Flecks
No.-63.Flour – Flower
No.-64.For – Four
No.-65.Foreword – Forward
No.-66.Fort – Fought
No.-67.Foul – Fowl
No.-68.Gait – Gate
No.-69.Gamble – Gambol
No.-70.Genes – Jeans
No.-71.Gored – Gourd
No.-72.Great – Grate
No.-73.Groan – Grown
No.-74.Hart – Heart
No.-75.Hear – Here
No.-76.Heel – Heal
No.-77.Hi – High
No.-78.Him – Hymn
No.-79.Hoard – Horde
No.-80.Hole – Whole
No.-81.Holy – Wholly
No.-82.Hour – Our
No.-83.I – Eye
No.-84.Idle – Idol
No.-85.Incite – Insight
No.-86.Knead – Need
No.-87.Knew – New
No.-88.Knight – Night
No.-89.Knot – Not
No.-90.Know – No
No.-91.Leak – Leek
No.-92.Lessen – Lesson
No.-93.Levee – Levy
No.-94.Links – Lynx
No.-95.Loan – Lone
No.-96.Loot – Lute
No.-97.Made – Maid
No.-98.Mail – Male
No.-99.Main – Mane
No.-100.Manna – Manner
Homonyms With Examples
No.-101.Marshal – Martial
No.-102.Mask – Masque
No.-103.Maw – More
No.-104.Medal – Meddle
No.-105.Meet – Meat
No.-106.Might – Mite
No.-107.Mist – Missed
No.-108.Moose – Mousse
No.-109.Muscle – Mussel
No.-110.None – Nun
No.-111.Oar – Or
No.-112.Overdo – Overdue
No.-113.Pail – Pale
No.-114.Pain – Pane
No.-115.Pair – Pear
No.-116.Passed – Past
No.-117.Peace – Piece
No.-118.Peak – Peek
No.-119.Pedal – Peddle
No.-120.Plane – Plain
No.-121.Principal – Principle
No.-122.Profit – Prophet
No.-123.Rain – Reign
No.-124.Red – Read
No.-125.Right – Write
No.-126.Ring – Wring
No.-127.Rode – Road
No.-128.Role – Roll
No.-129.Rouse – Rows
No.-130.Rung – Wrung
No.-131.Sail – Sale
No.-132.Sauce – Seen
No.-133.Scull – Skull
No.-134.See – Sea
No.-135.Shoe – Shoo
No.-136.Side – Sighed
No.-137.Slay – Sleigh
No.-138.Soar – Sore
No.-139.Sole – Soul
No.-140.Some – Sum
No.-141.Sort – Sought
No.-142.Staid – Stayed
No.-143.Stalk – Stork
No.-145.Stare – Stair
No.-146.Stationary – Stationery
No.-147.Steal – Steel
No.-148.Stile – Style
No.-149.Sun – Son
No.-150.Tail – Tale
No.-151.Team – Teem
No.-152.Than – Then
No.-153.Their – There
No.-154.Throne – Thrown
No.-155.Tide – Tied
No.-156.To – Too / Two
No.-157.Toe – Tow
No.-158.Vain – Vein
No.-159.Vary – Very
No.-160.Wail – Whale
No.-161.Waste – Waist
No.-162.Way – Weigh
No.-163.Weak – Week
No.-164.Weather – Whether
No.-165.Where – Wear
No.-166.Which – Witch
No.-167.Who’s – Whose
No.-168.Won – One
No.-169.Would – Wood
No.-170.You’r – Your
List of homonyms in English:-
No.-1.Address – Address
No.-2.Band – Band
No.-3.Bat – Bat
No.-4.Match – Match
No.-5.Mean – Mean
No.-6.Right – Right
No.-7.Ring – Ring
No.-8.Rock – Rock
No.-9.Rose – Rose
No.-10.Spring – Spring
No.-11.Stalk – Stalk
No.-12.Well – Well
No.-13.Clip – Clip
No.-14.Date – Date.
No.-15.Drop – Drop
No.-16.Fly – Fly
No.-17.Letter – Letter
No.-18.Palm – Palm
No.-19.Park – Park
No.-20.Point – Point
No.-21.Ruler – Ruler
No.-22.Saw – Saw
No.-23.Scale – Scale
No.-24.Ship – Ship
No.-25.Sink – Sink
No.-26.Tie – Tie
No.-27.Trip – Trip
No.-28.Wave – Wave
No.-29.Cool – Cool
No.-30.Duck – Duck
No.-31.Fall – Fall
No.-32.File – File
No.-33.Foot – Foot
No.-34.Left – Left
No.-35.Nail – Nail
No.-36.Watch – Watch
No.-37.Can – Can