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Synonyms for name-sake

  • noun

Most common

homonym eponym

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Noun

1. Eponym — an entity that lends its name to another entity. A person with the same name as another

name, eponym, homonym, eponymist rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An entity that lends its name to another entity. A person with the same name as another.

    The statesman Winston Churchill has a namesake, the American novelist Winston Churchill.

Related words

Other spellings
namesake

Forms

Plural
name-sakes → names, eponyms, homonyms, eponymists…

Example sentences

  • homonym I don't know any Tajik homonym.

By length

4 letters
name1
6 letters
eponym
7 letters
homonym3
9 letters
eponymist

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (homonym3 = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français
homonyme