Paronomasia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Word play; punning.
  • n. A pun.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A pun or play on words
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In rhetoric, the use of words similar in sound but different in meaning, so as to give a certain antithetical force to the expression; also, the use of the same word in different senses; a play upon words. Also paronomasy. see pun.
  • n. Synonyms Assonance, etc. See pun.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a humorous play on words
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    play    sport    fun   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    punning   
     
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