homophones
Example Sentences
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It’s also not especially theatrical, as there are no characters or story beyond what’s necessary to set up the seven games viewers are asked to play, involving Spoonerisms, homophones, anagrams and the like.
From New York Times
Around its immaculately detailed, exuberantly bulbous surface swim a whitefish, a mackerel, a freshwater perch and a carp — four fish whose Chinese names are homophones for a phrase meaning “honest and incorruptible.”
From New York Times
It has a large vocabulary and a rich stock of homophones from which puns can be made.
From Economist
If you're going to be pedantic about this, I think you mean homophones--they sound alike--and this was probably the result of a mis-transcription.
From New York Times
The song’s homophones are ho-hum, but when Isbell mentions Civil War lore, he uses a bodacious synonym for baloney.
From Washington Times
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