| acronym | (noun) a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word | Synonyms: initialism |
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| anonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | Synonyms: nom de guerre, pseudonym |
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| anonymity | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: namelessness |
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| antonym | (noun) a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other | Synonyms: opposite, opposite word |
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| antonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express opposite meanings | - |
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| eponym | (noun) the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) | - |
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| (noun) the person for whom something is named | - |
| eponymy | (noun) the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person | - |
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| hagionym | (noun) The name of a Saint taken as a proper name. | - |
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| heteronym | (noun) two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation | - |
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| holonym | (noun) a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part | Synonyms: whole name |
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| holonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between a whole and its parts | Synonyms: whole to part relation |
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| homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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| homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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| hypernym | (noun) a word that is more generic than a given word | Synonyms: superordinate, superordinate word |
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| hypernymy | (noun) the semantic relation of being superordinate or belonging to a higher rank or class | Synonyms: superordination |
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| hyponym | (noun) a word that is more specific than a given word | Synonyms: subordinate, subordinate word |
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| hyponymy | (noun) the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class | Synonyms: subordination |
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| matronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: metronymic |
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| meronym | (noun) a word that names a part of a larger whole | Synonyms: part name |
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| meronymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between a part and the whole | Synonyms: part to whole relation |
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| metonym | (noun) a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing | - |
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| metonymy | (noun) substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads') | - |
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| metronymic | (noun) a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor | Synonyms: matronymic |
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| microtoponym | (noun) a name of a "minor" or small natural feature (e.g., a field, path, bridge, ditch, etc.). | - |
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| nymph | (noun) a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) | - |
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| (noun) (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden | - |
| (noun) a voluptuously beautiful young woman | Synonyms: houri |
| nymphalid | (noun) medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast | Synonyms: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid butterfly |
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| nymphet | (noun) a sexually attractive young woman | - |
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| nympho | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| nympholepsy | (noun) a frenzy of emotion; as for something unattainable | - |
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| nympholept | (noun) a person seized by nympholepsy | - |
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| nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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| nymphomaniac | (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nympho |
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| paronym | (noun) a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling | - |
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| patronym | (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronymic |
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| patronymic | (noun) a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor) | Synonyms: patronym |
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| pertainym | (noun) meaning relating to or pertaining to | - |
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| pseudonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | Synonyms: anonym, nom de guerre |
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| retronym | (noun) a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate | - |
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| synonym | (noun) two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context | Synonyms: equivalent word |
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| synonymist | (noun) a student of synonyms | - |
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| synonymity | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymousness, synonymy |
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| synonymousness | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymy |
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| synonymy | (noun) the semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning | Synonyms: synonymity, synonymousness |
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| toponym | (noun) the name by which a geographical place is known | Synonyms: place name |
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| toponymy | (noun) the branch of lexicology that studies the place names of a region or a language | Synonyms: toponomy |
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| (noun) the nomenclature of regional anatomy | Synonyms: toponomy |
| troponym | (noun) a word that denotes a manner of doing something | Synonyms: manner name |
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| troponymy | (noun) the place names of a region or a language considered collectively | Synonyms: troponomy |
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| (noun) the semantic relation of being a manner of does something | - |