autonym
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/ˈɔːtənɪm/
(UK)
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/ˈɔːtənɪm/ (UK) · /ˈɔdn̩ɪm/ (US) · /ˈɑdn̩ɪm/ (US)
Definition of autonym
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
“Near-synonym: type variety”
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noun
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An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
“Near-synonym: type variety”
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A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
“Deutsche is the autonym of the people known in English as Germans.”
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The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
“As a general principle, the heading of the main entry of the book should be in the form in which the book itself is published; that is, if it is published under an autonym let the autonym be given, if under a pseudonym, then let the pseudonym be given, and if the book be anonymous, then let the fact be stated.”
- A work published under the author's true name.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From auto- (“self”) + -onym (“name”).
Words you can make from autonym
90 playable · top: ANOMY (10 pts)
Best play anomy 10 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
21 words3-letter words
34 words- MAY 8 pts
- YAM 8 pts
- YOM 8 pts
- YUM 8 pts
- ANY 6 pts
- NAY 6 pts
- TOY 6 pts
- YON 6 pts
- YOU 6 pts
- AMU 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MAT 5 pts
- MOA 5 pts
- MON 5 pts
- MOT 5 pts
- MUN 5 pts
- MUT 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NOM 5 pts
- OMA 5 pts
- TAM 5 pts
- TOM 5 pts
- TUM 5 pts
- ANT 3 pts
- NOT 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- OAT 3 pts
- OUT 3 pts
- TAN 3 pts
- TAO 3 pts
- TAU 3 pts
- TON 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- UTA 3 pts
2-letter words
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