eponymous

1. 1.

   being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym

   Synonymseponymic

Questions about eponymous

What does eponymous mean?

eponymous means "being or relating to or bearing the name of an eponym".

How many syllables are in eponymous?

eponymous has 4 syllables: e-po-nym-ous. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ɛˈpɔˌnɪməs/.

What is another word for eponymous?

Close synonyms include eponymic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eponymous a common word?

eponymous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.