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Homophonous Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Homophonous has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way

"`horse' and `hoarse' are homophonous words"

2

Having the same pronunciation.

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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