💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Nameplay"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wordplaynoun | A humorous play on words; such plays on words collectively. |
| word playnoun | A technique in which the nature of the words used become part of the subject of the work, such as puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, and telling character names. |
| adnominationoun | (rhetoric) paronomasia; wordplay |
| play upon wordsnoun | Dated form of play on words. [(idiomatic) A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.] |
| paronomasianoun | (rhetoric) A pun or play on words. |
| playceptionnoun | (slang) A play that portrays actors staging a play or features an internal play; a play-within-a-play. |
| metaplaynoun | A play (dramatic work) about plays, or one that makes its theatrical nature obvious. |
| paragramnoun | A play on words; a pun. |
| paranomasianoun | Misspelling of paronomasia. [(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.] |
| playwritenoun | Misspelling of playwright. [A writer and creator of theatrical plays.] |
| paronomasynoun | Archaic form of paronomasia. [(rhetoric) A pun or play on words.] |
| playrightnoun | (law, dated) The exclusive right to perform a dramatic work |
| paronymynoun | The use of paronyms. |
| antonomasianoun | (rhetoric) The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun. |
| agnominationnoun | (rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another |
| personationnoun | The act of personating: the playing of a role or portrayal of a character |
| punnagenoun | punning; wordplay in the form of puns |
| annominationnoun | (obsolete) paronomasia; punning |
| onomatopoeianoun | (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss". |
| playwritingnoun | (authorship) The writing of plays. |
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