1. Two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

Derived forms: homophones

See also: homophonic, homophonous

Type of: homonym

Encyclopedia: Homophone

• self-digestion
• self-directed
• self-direction
• self-discipline
• self-disciplined
• self-discovery
• self-disgust
• self-distrust
• self-doubt
• self-drive
• self-educated
• self-education
• self-effacement
• self-effacing
• self-employed
• self-employed person
• self-employment
• self-enclosed
• self-established
• self-esteem
• self-evident
• self-evident truth
• self-evidently
• self-examination
• self-examining