Double Meaning Words Are Called. These words are usually spelled the same and also sound exactly the same, but because they are a different word class (nouns, verb, adjective, adverb), the meaning is different. One of these meanings is often humorous, bawdy or even risqué.

A play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. Find 197 ways to say double meaning, along with antonyms, related words, and example sentences at thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. The intention is to give the reader a feeling (often dark and foreboding) of what is going to happen.