Definitions For Paronymous

Adjective

(not comparable) (semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate. (semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning. : ethology, ethology, ethnology, aetiology, etiology, etymology, and entomology are paronymous.

Related terms

paronym paronymy

Translations

having the same root or derivation, conjugate#Noun Hungarian: paronim

Etymology

paronym + ous

Is Paronymous a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
20

The word Paronymous is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words with Friends

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