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The Complete List of Homonyms
The is the Complete List of Homonyms which contains all the Homonyms.
Cache: A hidden store of things
Cash: Money in coins or notes
Cannon:
1. A large, heavy piece of artillery formerly used in warfare
2. (Billiards or snooker) A stroke in which the cue ball strikes two balls successfully
3. Collide with something forcefully or at an angle
Canon:
1. A general rule or principle by which something is judged
2. The degree or the law of a Church
3. A collection or the list of sacred books accepted as genuine
Canvas: A strong coarse unbleached cloth used to make sails, tents etc… and as a surface for oil painting
Canvass:
1. Solicit votes from voters
2. Propose an idea or a plan for discussion
Capital:
1. The most important city or a town of a country or a region, usually the seat of government and administration
2. Wealth owned by a person or an association or invested, lent or borrowed
3. A capital letter
4. (Of an offence or charge) Liable to attract the death penalty
Capitol:
1. (In the USA) A building housing a legislative assembly
2. (The Capitol) The temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome
Carat:
1. A unit of weight for precious stones and pearls, equivalent to 200 milligrams
2. (USA spelling of karat) A measure of the purity of Gold, pure gold being 24 carats
Caret:A proofreader’s mark (^) placed below a line of text to indicate a proposed insertion or correction
Carrot: A tapering orange-colored root eaten as a vegetable
Cast:
1. Throw forcefully in a specified direction
2. Cause (light or shadow) to appear on a surface
3. Discard
4. Shape (metal or other material) by pouring into a mould while molten
5. Register( a vote)
6. Throw the hooked and baited end of a fishing line into the water
7. cast a magic spell to take effect
8. The actors taking part in a play or film
Caste:
1. each of hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution (untouchables) and of social status
2. (In some social insects) A physically distinct kind of individual with a particular function(Entomology)
Cede: Give up (power or territory)
Seed: A plant’s unit of reproduction through which another plant is capable of growing
Cell:
1. A small room in which a prisoner is kept locked or in which a monk or a nun sleeps
2. A small group of people forming a nucleus of a political party
3. A device containing electrodes immersed in electrolyte, used for current generation or electrolysis
Sell: Give or hand over in exchange for money
Censor: An official who examines material that is to be published or a film that is to be screened and deletes or edits parts considered offensive to societal sensibilities or a threat to the security of the society
Sensor: A device which detects or measures a physical property
Cite:
1. Quote (a book or author) as evidence for an argument or belief
2. Praise for a courageous act in an official dispatch
Sight:
1. The faculty or the power of seeing
2. The action or the fact of seeing someone or something
Site:
1. An area of ground on which something is located
2. The place where a particular event or activity is occurring or has occurred
Coarse:
1. Rough or harsh in texture, unrefined
2. (Of a person’s features) Not elegantly formed or well proportioned
3. (Of a person’s character or his speech) Rude or vulgar
Course:
1. The route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road or a river
2. The way in which something progresses or develops
3. A dish forming one of the successive parts of meal
4. A series or lectures or lessons in a particular subject
5. An area of land prepared for racing, golf or any other sport
Complacent: Smug and uncritically satisfied with oneself or one’s achievements, self-satisfied
Complaisant: Willingness to please others or to accept their behavior without protest
Complement:
1. A thing that contributes extra features to something else and thereby enhances and improves it
2. The number or quantity the makes something complete
Compliment: A polite expression of praise or admiration
Conch: A tropical marine mollusk
Conk:
1. (Of a machine) break down
2. Faint or go to sleep or die
Coo:
1. (Of a pigeon or dove) Make a softy murmuring sound
2. (Of a person) To speak in a soft and gentle voice
Coup:
1. A sudden and violent seizure of power from a government
2. An unexpected and notably successful act
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