Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun eponym

2 senses of eponym

Sense 1
eponym -- (the person for whom something is named; "Constantine I is the eponym for Constantinople")
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")

Sense 2
eponym -- (the name derived from a person (real or imaginary); "Down's syndrome is an eponym for the English physician John Down")
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")