a person that a place, discovery, era or invention is named after, for example ‘Elizabethan’ or ‘braille’
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antonym
argot
back formation
2
a product name that is frequently used to replace a particular item, such as ‘aspirin’ for painkiller or ‘hoover’ for vacuum cleanerThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: Kerry Maxwell from United Kingdom on 18/04/2018
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Types of word
antonym
argot
back formation
eponym
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈepənɪm/
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1
a person that a place, discovery, era or invention is named after, for example “Elizabethan” or “braille”
Synonyms and related words
Types of word
antonym
argot
back formation
2
a product name that is frequently used to replace a particular item, such as “aspirin” for painkiller or “hoover” for vacuum cleanerThis meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: Kerry Maxwell from United Kingdom on 18/04/2018