| Homophone 1. (n.) A word with the same pronunciation as another, but a different meaning: as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright. 2. (n.) A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another. Thesaurus Entries antipode, antipodes, antipole, antithesis, articulation, contra, converse, counter, counterbalance, countercheck, counterpoint, counterpoise, counterpole, counterterm, expression, foil, free form, homograph, homonym, homophone, inverse, lexeme, linguistic form, locution, logos, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, obverse, offset, opposite, opposite number, polysyllable, reverse, setoff, syllable, synonym, term, the contrary, the other side, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, vis-a-vis, vocable, word |