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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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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microtoponym | (noun) a name of a "minor" or small natural feature (e.g., a field, path, bridge, ditch, etc.). | - |
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pony | (noun) any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less than five feet high at the shoulder | - |
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(noun) a range horse of the western United States | - |
(noun) an informal term for a racehorse | - |
(noun) a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey | Synonyms: jigger, shot glass |
(noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: crib, trot |
ponycart | (noun) a cart with an underslung axle and two seats | Synonyms: donkey cart, pony cart, tub-cart |
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ponytail | (noun) a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail | - |
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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 | - |