homophonous

homophonous has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 11.

Definitions

• a.. Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic.
• a.. Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.
• a.. Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey.
• a.. characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way; "'horse' and 'hoarse' are homophonous words"