eponym
Meaning of eponym
noun
- A real or fictitious person's name that has given rise to the name of a particular item.
Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
- (by extension) A word formed from a real or fictive place or thing.
“Tangerine” is an eponym of Tangier.
Information about eponym
- It is a name.
- The plural form of eponym is: eponyms.
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Hyphenation of eponym
eponym
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- eponym is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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Words that rhyme with eponym
onym, caconym, pseudonym, endonym, hodonym, theonym, euphonym, dionym, trionym, allonym, holonym, poecilonym, homonym, demonym, anonym, ethnonym, mononym, organonym, synonym, anthroponym, cohyponym, hyponym, toponym, troponym, typonym, epotoponym, hagiotoponym, acronym, chironym, heteronym, meronym, metronym, neuronym, paronym, patronym, retronym, sideronym, backronym, bacronym, choronym, hydronym, oronym, isonym, antonym, autonym, charactonym, cryptonym, metonym, protonym, tautonym
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