Word "EPONYM" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)
Examples:
Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the person for whom something is named
Examples:
Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople

Crossword Clues for EPONYM

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Zeppelin, perhaps lifting me over mount (6) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Apr 2024
Place name that comes from person in the pony market (6)
Exchange money while keeping penny for Zeppelin, perhaps (6) Puzzler Cryptic 30 Mar 2024
Distinguishing title
Word like "boycott" or "Fahrenheit"
See me backing horse entered in Derby for example
See me backing horse entered in Derby for example (6)
A person for whom something is named, or a thing named for a person (6)
Person for whom a thing is named Premier Sunday 11 Feb 2024
Tantalus, to tantalize
One nominally involved? Gosh, no, the reverse of that The Times Cryptic 02 Feb 2024
Distinguishing title needing £25 in European money
Exchange money while keeping penny for Zeppelin, perhaps (6) Puzzler Cryptic 23 Jan 2024
Ohm, for one Eugene Sheffer 09 Jan 2024
Character in book, play, same as title (6)
The seventh earl of Cardigan, for the word "cardigan" Universal 19 Apr 2023
Author's negative response is reflected in titular character The Guardian Cryptic 17 Apr 2023
This writer's emphatic refusal to withdraw title character The Telegraph Toughie 16 Feb 2023
Person after whom something is named Wall Street Journal 15 Dec 2022
Sandwich, for example, set me back around £25! The Times Cryptic 07 Dec 2022
Word derived from a name The Times Concise 08 Nov 2022
Setter's firm refusal to retire in Melbourne or Adelaide? The Telegraph Toughie 18 Oct 2022
Hoover, say, setting me back about £25 The Times Cryptic 09 May 2022
Setter about to eat £25 Caesar salad, perhaps
Setter about to eat £25 Caesar salad, perhaps The Guardian Cryptic 06 May 2022
Name juvenile in centre of demo
European horse primarily mentioned in Hamlet, maybe?
Dame Nellie Melba, for Melba toast Wall Street Journal 01 Nov 2021
Cardigan, perhaps around £25, yours truly returned
I'm surprised by refusal to back name-giver
Money including pence changed on Mahatma Gandhi Road, say
Marcel Bich, for Bic Universal 17 Oct 2020
Jacuzzi, for example Wall Street Journal 12 Sep 2020
Person after whom something is named The Times Concise 16 May 2020
Source for many units of physics Newsday 16 Apr 2020
English maiden keeping animal for riding: Black Beauty is one
Alison Bechdel, for the Bechdel test Universal 12 Oct 2019
One turned up clutching £25 for Tom Jones?
Character who gives a play, etc its title The Guardian Speedy 28 Jul 2019
Name derived from a person Eugene Sheffer 25 May 2019
Label derived from name of space occupied by horse
Alison Bechdel, for the Bechdel test
Fahrenheit or Celsius Newsday 24 Nov 2018
Word derived from a name Universal 20 Nov 2018
Name for Goliath up astride horse
Name derived from a name
Name derived from a name
Name-lending person Premier Sunday 15 Jul 2018
Noun formed after a person
George Ferris, for the Ferris wheel New York Times 19 Jun 2018
Silhouette's one small horse breaking into dash
Franz Mesmer, for "mesmerize" Universal 06 Mar 2018
George Ferris, for the Ferris wheel
Word derived from a name
My peon is excited - he's a person after whom something is named
Name of a thing derived from a person Universal 23 Oct 2017
Making money gets first priority — an example is Washington
Word derived from a person's name Universal 23 Jun 2017
Tresses Canadiana 01 May 2017
James Parkinson or Alois Alzheimer New York Times 02 Feb 2017
Word derived from someone's name Universal 15 Jan 2017
Name of a thing derived from a person
Word derived from someone's name
Word derived from a person's name
James Parkinson or Alois Alzheimer
Henry Ford, e.g LA Times Daily 16 Dec 2016
Open my new sandwich, say
Horse breaking into a sort of dash in Dallas or Washington? The Times Cryptic 15 Nov 2016
Horse breaking into a sort of dash in Dallas or Washington?
Item name derived from a person Universal 18 Oct 2016
Name derived from a person Universal 20 Jul 2016
Baron De La Warr or William Penn Wall Street Journal 13 Jul 2016
Henry Ford, e.g.
Tesla or Volta, e.g.
Name derived from a person
Namesake Canadiana 21 Dec 2015
Sousaphone, for one LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2015
Taken name of horse amongst outsiders in Epsom
Record of US city monument's first distinguishing title The Telegraph Toughie 14 Jul 2015
Word derived from a person's name USA Today 13 Apr 2015
Word derived from a person's name
Sousaphone, for one
Washington or Lincoln, many times over
Person for whom something is named
See 16-Across
Earl of Sandwich, e.g.
Arnold Palmer or Shirley Temple, drinkwise
Penn, to Pennsylvania
Jim Beam or Jack Daniel
Louis Braille or Louis Chevrolet
Name-giver
Euclid, vis- -vis geometry
Euclid, vis-à-vis geometry
Watt or Ohm, e.g.
Amerigo Vespucci, vis-à-vis America
Amerigo Vespucci, vis- -vis America
General Shrapnel or Burnside
The Earl of Sandwich, for one
Rob Roy or Shirley Temple
Karl Benz or Henry Ford
Karl Benz or Henry Ford
Word derived from a name
Shirley Temple, to Shirley Temples, for one
Person for whom something is named
Person from whom something takes its name
Penn, to Pennsylvania
Rudolf Diesel, for one
Person from whom something is named
Gabriel Fahrenheit or Anders Celsius
Romulus, vis-à-vis Rome
General Anthony Wayne, to Waynesboro
Romulus to Rome, e.g.
Romulus, vis- -vis Rome
Shirley Temple or Tom Collins
Name identified with a place
Sam Houston, to Houston
Penn, vis-à-vis Pennsylvania
Penn, vis- -vis Pennsylvania
What Romulus was to Rome
Ampère or Watt
Name derivation
Romulus, vis- -vis Rome, e.g.
Named derived from a person
Monroe for Monrovia
"Mae West" for "life jacket"
Rudolf Diesel, re the diesel
Romulus, for one
Romulus, vis- -vis Rome
Thursday from Thor <P>e.g.
Name source
Columbus, to Colombia, e.g.
Name giver of a sort
Person for whom a nation or city is named
Name giver
Hellen, to Hellenes.
What Penn is to Pennsylvania.
What William Penn is to Pennsylvania.
Presumed ancestor of a race, nation, etc.
Ohm or joule, e.g.
Saxophone or sandwich
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