30 Important Homonyms for Entrance Exams

Homonyms are multiple-meaning words. These are the words that either have the same spellings. These may also sound alike. But their use is what makes them different from each other. 

You never know, you might be making some language mistakes unintentionally. So, let’s look at some homonyms and fix them. 

1. ALTER 

• Change in character

ALTAR 

• The table used for religious rituals 

2. ATE 

• The past tense of eat 

EIGHT 

• The numerical digit 8

3. BLEW 

• The past tense of blow 

BLUE 

• The colour 

4. BOAR 

• A wild pig 

BORE 

• Make a hole in something 

5. BOW 

• The font of a ship 
• Weapon 

6. CANON 

• A list of sacred books accepted as genuine 

CANNON 

• A large piece of artillery 

7. COARSE

• Harsh in texture 

COURSE 

• Direction followed 

8. DOE 

• A female deer/roe/deer/reindeer

DOUGH 

• A thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking 

9. FOUL 

• Wicked 

FOWL 

• Domesticated birds 

10. GENES 

• A unit of heredity from parents to children 

JEANS 

• A piece of outfit 

11. GRATE

• Reduce to small shreds by rubbing it on a grater  

GREAT 

• An extent above average 

12. HOARD 

• To accumulate 

HORDE 

• A large group of people

13. KNIGHT

• Title 

NIGHT 

• The period of sunset to sunrise

14. LEFT 

• The opposite of the right direction 
• The past tense of leave 

15. MOUTH 

• Of a river 
• Of an animal 

16. MAIZE 

• An American cereal plant which yields large grains 

MAZE

• The network of paths as a puzzle 

17. MEDDLE 

• To interfere 

MEDAL 

• A coin sized metal disc having a design to commemorate any event or award

18. NO

• To deny 

KNOW 

• To have an idea/knowledge about something 

19. NOSE 

• Body part 

KNOWS 

• Having an idea 

20. PALE 

• Light in colour or shade 

PAIL 

• Bucket 

21. RAIN 

• Water showers from clouds 

REIN 

• Strap attached to the horse’s bit

22. RED 

• The colour red

READ

• Discover information by going through it in written form 

23. ROLE 

• An actor’s part in a play or a film 

ROLL 

• Move or run on wheels 

24. ROW

• Sitting arrangement 
• Argument 
• Movement for a boat 

25. SKATE 

• Glide on the ice 
• Fish 

26. SEA 

• Waterbody having saltwater 

SEE

• To view something 

27. SOLE

• The undersurface of a person’s foot 

SOUL 

• The spiritual part of any living being 

28. STAIR 

• A single step of the stairs 

STARE

• Look fixed at something/someone 

29. THEIR

• Belonging to or associated with people 

THERE 

• In, at, or to that place or position 

30. VEIL 

• Cloth worn by women to cover the face 

VALE 

• A valley 

I hope this was a fun and interesting thing for you. You’ll definitely spend a few seconds looking for more words like these for sure!