Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Homonym \Hom"o*nym\, n. [Cf. F. homonyme. See Homonymous.]
A word having the same sound as another, but differing from
it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear. [Written
also homonyme.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
homonym
n 1: two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled
the same way but have different meanings