Homonyms

Homonyms Examples

List of Homonyms with Examples

Learn list of homonyms in English with example sentences.

Address – Address

• I can give you the address of a good attorney.
• That letter was addressed to me.

Band – Band

• The band was playing old Beatles songs.
• She always ties her hair back in a band.
• Many insects are banded black and yellow.

Bat – Bat

• I am afraid of bats.
• It’s his first time at bat in the major leagues.

Match – Match

• If you suspect a gas leak do not strike a match or use electricity.
• Her fingerprints match those found at the scene of the crime.

Mean – Mean

• What does this sentence mean?
• He needed to find a mean between frankness and rudeness.

Right – Right

• I’m sure I’m right.
• Take a right turn at the intersection.

Ring – Ring

• What a beautiful ring!
• The children sat on the floor in a ring.

Rock – Rock

• Komuro formed a rock band with some friends while in college.
• To build the tunnel, they had to cut through 500 feet of solid rock.

Rose – Rose

• She has a rose garden.
• Sales rose by 20% over the Christmas period.

Spring – Spring

• I’m sorry to spring it on you, but I’ve been offered another job.
• He was born in the spring of 1944.

Stalk – Stalk

• He ate the apple, stalk and all.
• Snatching up my bag, I stalk out of the room.

Well – Well

• The conference was very well organized.
• The dog fell down a well.

Clip – Clip

• They are clips from the new James Bond film.
• The wire is held on with a metal clip.

Date – Date

• The date on the letter was 30th August 1962.
• She and Ron go to the park to date.

Drop – Drop

• The apples are beginning to drop from the trees.
• A single drop of blood splashed onto the floor.

Fly – Fly

• A fly was buzzing against the window.
• Let’s fly a kite.

Letter – Letter

• There’s a letter for you.
• “B” is the second letter of the alphabet.

Palm – Palm

• He held the bird gently in the palm of his hand.
• The coconut palm is a native of Malaysia.

Park – Park

• We went for a walk in the park.
• The tennis court is sometimes used as a car park.

Point – Point

• He’s just saying that to prove a point.
• Everything seemed to point in one direction.

Ruler – Ruler

• I have a 12 inch ruler.
• King Priam was a firm, but just ruler.

Saw – Saw

• Saw is a tool that has a long blade with sharp points along one of its edges.
• Last night, I saw a lovely girl.

Scale – Scale

• They entertain on a large scale.
• He somehow managed to scale the sheer outside wall of the tower.

Ship – Ship

• There are two restaurants on board ship.
• A new engine was shipped over from the US.

Sink – Sink

• The ships sink to the bottom of the sea.
• I felt chained to the kitchen sink.

Tie – Tie

• He had to tie her hands together.
• I wear a shirt and tie at work.

Trip – Trip

• We went on a trip to the mountains.
• Someone will trip over that cable.

Wave – Wave

• Huge waves were breaking on the shore.
• The people on the bus waved and we waved back.

Cool – Cool

• She swam out into the cool water.
• When tempers had cooled, he apologized.

Duck – Duck

• Every afternoon they went to the park to feed the duck.
• He had to duck as he came through the door.

Fall – Fall

• September had come and the leaves were starting to fall.
• The area is beautiful in the fall.

File – File

• Every file on the same disk must have a different name.
• We began to file out into the car park.

Foot – Foot

• My foot hurts.
• Once again it will be the taxpayer who has to foot the bill.

Left – Left

• Look left and right before you cross the road.
• The plane left for Dallas last night.

Nail – Nail

• The key was hanging on a nail by the door.
• I’ve broken my nail.

Watch – Watch

• I like watching TV every night. 
• I glanced at my watch.

Can – Can

• Gabriella can speak French fluently.
• We drank a can of Coke each.

Homonyms Examples (Homophones)

Homonyms can refer to homophones (words that are pronounced the same as other words but differ in meaning and are spelled differently).

Fort – Fought

• Just the three of you going to be holding the fort tonight.
• He fought many battles with the early Labor party in Lancaster and discrimination against socialist employees was alleged.

Foul – Fowl

• He woke up with a foul taste in his mouth.
• Fish, fowl and meat, most with a decidedly Southwestern treatment, are represented on the menu.

Groan – Grown

• Richard’s jokes make you groan rather than laugh.
• He had been a grown man with a small but independent income when he had taken Minnie instead of her to wife.

Holy – Wholly

• The priest puts some holy water on the child’s head.
• The report claimed that the disaster was wholly unavoidable.

Hour – Our

• The interview lasted half an hour.
• We showed them some of our photos.

I – Eye

• I moved to this city six years ago.
• Ow! I’ve got something in my eye!

Know – No

• I know people’s handwriting changes as they get older.
  “It was Tony.”
• “‘No, you’re wrong. It was Ted.”

Links – Lynx

• A love of nature links the two poets.
• They may be eagle-eyed or watch like a lynx.

Mail – Male

• He found a mountain of mail waiting for him.
• Many women earn less than their male colleagues.

Meet – Meat

• Maybe we’ll meet again some time.
• I gave up eating meat a few months ago.

Peace – Piece

• I wish she would just leave me in peace.
• He broke off a piece of bread and gave it her.

Right – Write

• Keep on the right side of the road.
• She had to write a report on the project.

Scene – Seen

• The police soon arrived at the scene of the crime.
• He crouched down so he couldn’t be seen.

Than – Then

• Natalie was prettier than her sister.
• I wish I had known then what I know now.

Weak – Week

• She is still weak after her illness.
• He comes to see us once a week.

Homonyms List

Homonyms can refer to both homographs and homophones.

Homophones List | Homonyms List

List of homonyms in English.

• Ad – Add
• Ail – Ale
• Air – Heir
• All – Awl
• Allowed – Aloud
• Alms – Arms

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• Altar – Alter
• Ant – Aunt
• Arc – Ark
• Ate – Eight
• Auger – Augur
• Aural – Oral
• Baize – Bays
• Bald – Bawled
• Ball – Bawl
• Band – Banned
• Bard – Barred
• Bare – Bear
• Baron – Barren
• Be – Bee
• Beach – Beech
• Bean – Been
• Beer – Bier
• Berry – Bury
• Berth – Birth
• Billed – Build
• Blue – Blew
• Bored – Board
• Braid – Brayed
• Break – Brake
• Brews – Bruise
• Bridal – Bridle
• Broach – Brooch
• Buy – By/ Bye
• Capital – Capitol
• Cellar – Seller
• Census – Sense
• Cereal – Serial
• Chili – Chilly
• Choral – Coral
• Cite – Sight / Site
• Coarse – Course
• Complement – Compliment
• Coun – Counsel
• Deer – Dear
• Die – Dye
• Discreet – Discrete
• Doe – Dough
• Done – Dun
• Draft – Draught
• Dual – Duel
• Earn – Urn
• Ewe – You
• Farther – Father
• Faze – Phase
• File – Phial
• Find – Fined
• Fir – Fur
• Flaw – Floor
• Flea – Flee
• Flew – Flu/ Flue
• Flex – Flecks
• Flour – Flower
• For – Four
• Foreword – Forward
• Fort – Fought
• Foul – Fowl
• Gait – Gate
• Gamble – Gambol
• Genes – Jeans
• Gored – Gourd
• Great – Grate
• Groan – Grown
• Hart – Heart
• Hear – Here
• Heel – Heal
• Hi – High
• Him – Hymn
• Hoard – Horde
• Hole – Whole
• Holy – Wholly
• Hour – Our
• I – Eye
• Idle – Idol
• Incite – Insight
• Knead – Need
• Knew – New
• Knight – Night
• Knot – Not
• Know – No
• Leak – Leek
• Lessen – Lesson
• Levee – Levy
• Links – Lynx
• Loan – Lone
• Loot – Lute
• Made – Maid
• Mail – Male
• Main – Mane
• Manna – Manner
• Marshal – Martial
• Mask – Masque
• Maw – More
• Medal – Meddle
• Meet – Meat
• Might – Mite
• Mist – Missed
• Moose – Mousse
• Muscle – Mussel
• None – Nun
• Oar – Or
• Overdo – Overdue
• Pail – Pale
• Pain – Pane
• Pair – Pear
• Passed – Past
• Peace – Piece
• Peak – Peek
• Pedal – Peddle
• Plane – Plain
• Principal – Principle
• Profit – Prophet
• Rain – Reign
• Red – Read
• Right – Write
• Ring – Wring
• Rode – Road
• Role – Roll
• Rouse – Rows
• Rung – Wrung
• Sail – Sale
• Sauce – Seen
• Scull – Skull
• See – Sea
• Shoe – Shoo
• Side – Sighed
• Slay – Sleigh
• Soar – Sore
• Sole – Soul
• Some – Sum
• Sort  – Sought
• Staid – Stayed
• Stalk – Stork
• Stare – Stair
• Stationary – Stationery
• Steal – Steel
• Stile – Style
• Sun – Son
• Tail – Tale
• Team – Teem
• Than – Then
• Their – There
• Throne – Thrown
• Tide – Tied
• To – Too / Two
• Toe – Tow
• Vain – Vein
• Vary – Very
• Wail – Whale
• Waste – Waist
• Way – Weigh
• Weak – Week
• Weather  – Whether
• Where – Wear
• Which – Witch
• Who’s – Whose
• Won – One
• Would – Wood
• You’r – Your

Homographs List | Homonyms List

List of homonyms in English.

• Address – Address
• Band – Band
• Bat – Bat
• Match – Match
• Mean – Mean
• Right – Right
• Ring – Ring
• Rock – Rock
• Rose – Rose
• Spring – Spring
• Stalk – Stalk
• Well – Well
• Clip – Clip
• Date – Date.
• Drop – Drop
• Fly – Fly
• Letter – Letter
• Palm – Palm
• Park – Park
• Point – Point
• Ruler – Ruler
• Saw – Saw
• Scale – Scale
• Ship – Ship
• Sink – Sink
• Tie – Tie
• Trip – Trip
• Wave – Wave
• Cool – Cool
• Duck – Duck
• Fall – Fall
• File – File
• Foot – Foot
• Left – Left
• Nail – Nail
• Watch – Watch
• Can – Can