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eponymous

[uh-pon-uh-muhs] / əˈpɒn ə məs /
ADJECTIVE
giving one's name to something
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eponymic onymous
STRONG
nominative titular
Antonyms


Example Sentences

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The partnership, which operates the eponymous department store chain and Waitrose supermarkets, said underlying profits had grown during its last financial year.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“On his eponymous website, Darius Anderson touts himself as a ‘modern day renaissance man,’” the lawsuit filed by Burkle’s company states.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

MBaer was founded in 2018 by Michael Baer, the great-grandson of Julius Baer, who founded that eponymous bank.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

In 1970, when he was diagnosed with cancer, Meatyard edited an eponymous photo book that was published by Gnomon Press; the prints in this exhibition are the ones he chose for that volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

His most sustained attack on rhetoric comes in his dialogue Gorgias, where he imagines Socrates giving the eponymous rhetorician the third degree.*

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith



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