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

1 sense of eponymy

Sense 1
eponymy -- (the derivation of a general name from that of a famous person)
       => derivation -- ((descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation; "`singer' from `sing' or `undo' from `do' are examples of derivations")