homonymous

Meaning

1. (not-comparable) Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a homonym.
3. (not-comparable) Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

Synonyms

homonymic

ambiguous

equivocal

same name

in the namesake of

Translations

homonyme

homónimo

omonimo

homónimo

homònim

homonymique

gleichnamig

homonymisch

ομώνυμος

gelijknamig

homônimo

homonym

gleichlautend

homonymus

homoniem

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin homōnymus (“having the same name”) + -ous, from Ancient Greek ὁμώνυμος (homṓnumos). By surface analysis, homonym + -ous.