Paronomasia

Definition: Paronomasia

Paronomasia

Noun

1. A humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her".

Etymology: Paronomasia \Par`o*no*ma"si*a\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to form word by slight change; beside to name, from name.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Paronomasia

Synonyms: pun (n), punning (n), wordplay (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Paronomasia

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Ornament	Inversion, antithesis, alliteration, paronomasia; figurativeness; (metaphor).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Paronomasia

English words defined with "paronomasia": Agnomination, Annomination ♦ Paronomastical, Paronomasy, Punnology. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Paronomasia" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Spanish (paronomasia).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Paronomasia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
paronomasia	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Paronomasia

Language		Translations for "paronomasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏جناسي, ‏الجناس. (various references)

Bulgarian		Парономазия, Каламбур, Игра На �"уми. (various references)

German		Paronomasie. (various references)

Hungarian		Szójáték (equivoke, equivoque, play on words, pun, quibble, quip, wordplay, word-play). (various references)

Manx		cloie er focklyn. (various references)

Pig Latin		aronomasiapay

Portuguese		paronomásia, libertar sob palavra. (various references)

Romanian		paronomazie, paronomazã, joc de cuvinte (crank, pun, wordplay), calambur (equivoque, pun, quibble, quirk, wordplay). (various references)

Russian		каламбур (equivoke, equivoque, play on words, pun, quibble, quirk, wordplay, word-play), парономазия. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		paronomazija. (various references)

Spanish		paronomasia. (various references)

Swedish		paronomasi. (various references)

Ukranian		гра слів (clinch), парономазія. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự chơi chữ câu chơi chữ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Paronomasia

Derivations
	Words beginning with "paronomasia": paronomasias. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Paronomasia" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: paranomasia, paronomasiac, paronomasie, paronomasio, pronomasia. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Paronomasia"

Words rhyming with "paronomasia" (pronounced 'Par`o*no*ma"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Antonomasia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dionysia, Dysaesthesia, Dyscrasia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Ectasia, Entasia, Euthanasia, Fantasia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, Hyperaesthesia, Hyperesthesia, hyperplasia, Ichthyopsida, macroglossia, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Paronomasia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s"
	-2 letters: panoramas, paranoias.
	-3 letters: anoopsia, mariposa, panorama, paranoia, rampions.
	-4 letters: amorino, anopias, anopsia, anosmia, marinas, maroons, morions, oarsman, paisana, paisano, panamas, paramos, parians, piranas, prosoma, rampion, romanos, soprani, soprano.
	-5 letters: airman, amarna, amnios, animas, anopia, aprons, arioso, aromas, arsino, asrama, inarms, manias, manors, marina, maroon, minors, morion, morons, nairas, norias, orison, orpins, paisan, panama, paramo, parian, parson, pianos, pirana, poison, pooris, porism, pornos, praams, primas, primos, prions, prison, promos, ramson, ransom, romano, romans, samara, sampan, simoon, spinor, sprain.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-a-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-s"
	+1 letter: paronomasias.
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