(Linguistics)a word which is a derivative of another and has a related meaning (语言学)同源词 ‘wisdom’ is a paronym of ‘wise’. wisdom 是wise 的同源词。 ■a word formed by adaptation of a foreign word (来自另一语言的)形似词。 与 heteronym相对 ‘preface’ is a paronym of Latin ‘prefatio’. preface 是拉丁语prefatio 的形似词。