# homonymous

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #72,397

## Definitions
1. Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake).
2. Of or pertaining to a homonym.
3. Having homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes)

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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