Quiz 1 of 50 -- Definitions of Words for Names

Number Question Answer Your answer
1 wrongly derived name 1 metronymy
2 caconym
3 retronym
4 cryptonym
5 cohyponym
2 euphonious synonym 1 trionym
2 euphonym
3 heteronym
4 meronym
5 metronymy
3 euphemism; word whose meaning altered to conceal evasion 1 euphonym
2 allonym
3 paedonymic
4 paranym
5 poecilonym
4 taxonomic name in which genus and species are the same 1 retronym
2 tautonym
3 isonym
4 paronym
5 trionym
5 fictitious name used by an author 1 hyponym
2 homonym
3 pseudonym
4 antonym
5 metonymy
6 secret name 1 paranym
2 dionym
3 homonym
4 cohyponym
5 cryptonym
7 words having the same sound but different meanings 1 onymous
2 antonym
3 homonym
4 hypernym
5 cryptonym
8 word having same spelling but different sound and meaning 1 heteronym
2 paronym
3 metronymy
4 trionym
5 polyonym
9 synonym 1 meronym
2 euonymous
3 euphonym
4 isonym
5 poecilonym
10 bearing the author's name 1 paedonymic
2 allonym
3 homonym
4 ananym
5 onymous
Number Question Answer Your answer
11 word representing a class of words or things 1 paedonymic
2 pseudonym
3 hypernym
4 eponym
5 trionym
12 word from same root or having same sound as another 1 anonym
2 paronym
3 paedonymic
4 allonym
5 pseudonym
13 name taken from one's child 1 paedonymic
2 acronym
3 antonym
4 poecilonym
5 cryptonym
14 word whose meaning is the same as another word 1 antonym
2 synonym
3 allonym
4 teknonymy
5 exonym
15 a writer's real name; work published under writer's own name 1 dionym
2 homonym
3 trionym
4 cohyponym
5 autonym
16 word whose meaning is the opposite of a given word 1 tautonym
2 cryptonym
3 hypernym
4 dionym
5 antonym
17 the naming of the parent from the child 1 teknonymy
2 ananym
3 onymous
4 homonym
5 paranym
18 name consisting of several words 1 polyonym
2 allonym
3 retronym
4 isonym
5 hyponym
19 name for a town or country in a foreign language 1 heteronym
2 euphonym
3 hyponym
4 exonym
5 retronym
20 word whose relation to another is a part to the whole 1 synonym
2 toponym
3 paedonymic
4 paranym
5 meronym
Number Question Answer Your answer
21 word formed from initial letters of another word 1 anonym
2 meronym
3 heteronym
4 eponym
5 acronym
22 new name as modification of older term used alone 1 retronym
2 paronym
3 ananym
4 cryptonym
5 hypernym
23 place name derived from geographical feature 1 metronymy
2 cryptonym
3 metonymy
4 toponym
5 anonym
24 name containing two parts or terms 1 eponym
2 antonym
3 tautonym
4 dionym
5 autonym
25 appropriately named 1 antonym
2 onymous
3 cohyponym
4 euonymous
5 hyponym
26 other person's name used by an author 1 cohyponym
2 allonym
3 hypernym
4 acronym
5 hyponym
27 figurative use of word to name an attribute of its subject 1 synonym
2 euonymous
3 metonymy
4 toponym
5 exonym
28 person whose name is not given; pseudonym 1 poecilonym
2 hyponym
3 polyonym
4 anonym
5 paedonymic
29 name consisting of three words 1 toponym
2 poecilonym
3 paronym
4 trionym
5 isonym
30 word which is one of multiple hyponyms of another word 1 paedonymic
2 metronymy
3 cryptonym
4 hypernym
5 cohyponym
Number Question Answer Your answer
31 system of naming after the mother's or female line 1 homonym
2 ananym
3 paronym
4 onymous
5 metronymy
32 word from same root as another 1 polyonym
2 toponym
3 isonym
4 paronym
5 cohyponym
33 name written backward; often used as synonym 1 pseudonym
2 paranym
3 ananym
4 retronym
5 caconym
34 personal name from which another name is derived 1 eponym
2 hypernym
3 isonym
4 meronym
5 ananym
35 word having the same derivation or form as another 1 isonym
2 trionym
3 hypernym
4 hyponym
5 tautonym
36 term which is a member of a larger class 1 ananym
2 trionym
3 paronym
4 hyponym
5 euonymous
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