1. having the same derivation; derived from the same root or source
Usage: linguistics; technical
2. having a similar but slightly different form or sound
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The words ‘grammar’ and ‘glamour’ are paronymous, both derived from the same Greek root.
• Many paronymous terms in English can be traced back to Latin origins.
• The linguist studied paronymous relationships between words in different languages.
• These paronymous expressions often confuse language learners.
• The dictionary included a section on paronymous word pairs.
• Students struggled to distinguish between the paronymous terms in their vocabulary test.