eponym

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Eponyme

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

name style title label handle designation tag denomination eponymous epithet appellation namesake patronymic anagram surname
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Antonyms

break challenge disorder neglect mess disarray
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Hypernyms

name

Related terms

eponymous

Phrases with the word

constituting an eponym bearing the name of an eponym being an eponym constituting eponym

Anagrams

Poemny

Examples

Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down Source: Internet

Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople Source: Internet

Associated eponym * Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease : A very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disease. Source: Internet

Based upon their testimonies, this eponym would have already been in use in Spain by c. 350 BCE. Source: Internet

In Europe in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries, a sulfur -bearing ointment called by the medical eponym of Wilkinson's ointment was widely used for topical treatment of scabies. Source: Internet

"At Maecenas' reception room" Maecenas is most famous for his support of young poets, hence his name has become the eponym for a "patron of arts". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

epontic eponychial eponychium eponyme eponymic eponymically