MALAPROPISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar
   Synonym(s)
   • malaprop (what does malaprop mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) malapropism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • misstatement (what does misstatement mean?)