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Synonyms for paronomasia

  • noun

Most common

play on words pun wordplay punning

All synonyms

Noun

pun, play on words, wordplay, punning, punnery

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A pun or play on words.

Related words

Word family
paronomasic

Forms

Plural
paronomasias → puns, wordplays, punnings…

Example sentences

  • pun This is fortuitously a mostly translatable pun.
  • wordplay Not even his father was spared from his wordplay.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
paronomasiarising
punrising
wordplayrising
punningrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pun1
7 letters
punning, punnery
8 letters
wordplay