'Homonymous' definitions:
Definition of 'homonymous'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or related to or being homonyms [syn: homonymic, homonymous]
Definition of 'Homonymous'
From: GCIDE
- Homonymous \Ho*mon"y*mous\, a. [L. homonymus, Gr. ?; ? the same + ?, for ? name; akin to E. name.]
- 1. Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Having the same name or designation, but different meaning or relation; hence, equivocal; ambiguous. [1913 Webster]