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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acronymic | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymous |
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acronymous | (adjective) characterized by the use of acronyms | Synonyms: acronymic |
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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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anonymous | (adjective) having no known name or identity or known source | Synonyms: anon. |
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(adjective) not known or lacking marked individuality | - |
anonymously | (adverb) without giving a name | - |
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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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antonymous | (adjective) of words: having opposite meanings | - |
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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 | - |
eponymic | (adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | Synonyms: eponymous |
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eponymous | (adjective) being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym | Synonyms: eponymic |
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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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homonymic | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymous |
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homonymous | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymic |
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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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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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metonymic | (adjective) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated | Synonyms: metonymical |
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metonymical | (adjective) using the name of one thing for that of another with which it is closely associated | Synonyms: metonymic |
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metonymically | (adverb) in a metonymic manner | - |
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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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onymous | (adjective) bearing a name | - |
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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 | (adjective) of or derived from a personal or family name | - |
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(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 |
pseudonym | (noun) a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role | Synonyms: anonym, nom de guerre |
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pseudonymous | (adjective) bearing or identified by an assumed (often pen) name | - |
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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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synonymous | (adjective) (of words) meaning the same or nearly the same | - |
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synonymously | (adverb) in a synonymous manner | - |
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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 | - |