polysemy

Meanings

Plural: polysemies

Noun

• the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
• The quality characteristic of a polyseme, a sign (such as a word or symbol) that has multiple meanings (senses), often including multiple similar ones.

Synonyms

lexical ambiguity

Antonyms

monosemy

Related Words

ambiguity, homonymy, lexical ambiguity, polysemic, polysemous