Definitions for: Homonym

[n] two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

Webster (1913) Definition: Hom"o*nym, n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.]
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from
it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written
also homonyme.]

See Also: homograph, homophone, word