See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. 2. fealty, devotion, constancy. Loyalty, allegiance, fidelity all imply a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone. Loyalty connotes sentiment and the feeling of devotion that one holds for one's country, creed, family, friends, etc. Allegiance applies particularly to a citizen's duty to his or her country, or, by extension, one's obligation to support a party, cause, leader, etc.
A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong.
A homonym is a word that is said or spelled the same way as another word but has a different meaning. Writeâ and ârightâ is a good example of a pair of homonyms. This word set can be confusing, even for word geeks. Let's start with the basics.