Homonymy, Synonymy, Antonymy Quiz

What are homonyms?

• Words with the same phonetic form but different meanings.

• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

• Words that have similar meanings.

• Words that are completely unrelated.

What is homophony?

• Two words pronounced identically but written differently.

• Two words that are spelled the same.

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Words that have the same meaning.

What is polysemy?

• A word with two or more different meanings.

• A word that sounds the same as another.

• A word that is spelled the same as another.

• A word with opposite meanings.

What are synonyms?

• Words with opposite meanings.

• Different words with identical or very similar meanings.

• Words that are spelled the same.

• Words that sound alike.

What are antonyms?

• Words that have the same meaning.

• Words that have opposite meanings.

• Words that are spelled the same.

• Words that sound alike.

What are false friends?

• Pairs of words in two languages that look or sound similar but have different meanings.

• Words that are spelled the same.

• Words that have the same meaning.

• Words that are pronounced identically.

What is a cognate?

• Words in two languages that have a common origin and similar meanings.

• Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings.

• Words that sound alike but are unrelated.

• Words that have opposite meanings.

What is a hypernym?

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• A word that is more specific than another word.

• A word that is more general than another word.

• A word that sounds the same as another word.

What is a meronym?

• A word that has opposite meanings.

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.

• A word that denotes a part of something.

• A word that is spelled the same as another word.

What is a hyponym?

• A word that sounds different from another word.

• A word that is more general than another word.

• A word that is more specific than another word.

• A word that has the same meaning as another word.