| ACRONYMS | • acronyms n. Plural of acronym. • acronyms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym. • ACRONYM n. a word formed from the initial letters of other words. |
| ALLONYMS | • allonyms n. Plural of allonym. • ALLONYM n. the name of a person, usually historical, taken by an author as a pen name (as opposed to using a fictional pseudonym). |
| ANTONYMS | • antonyms n. Plural of antonym. • ANTONYM n. a word opposite in meaning to another. |
| AUTONYMS | • autonyms n. Plural of autonym. • AUTONYM n. an author's real name. |
| CACONYMS | • caconyms n. Plural of caconym. • CACONYM n. an erroneous name. |
| DEMONYMS | • demonyms n. Plural of demonym. • DEMONYM n. a name used to denote the inhabitants of a place. |
| HOMONYMS | • homonyms n. Plural of homonym. • HOMONYM n. a word similar in structure to another. |
| HYPONYMS | • hyponyms n. Plural of hyponym. • HYPONYM n. one of several terms subsumed under another. |
| MERONYMS | • meronyms n. Plural of meronym. • MERONYM n. a word whose relation to another is that of a part to the whole, e.g. whisker to cat, sleeve to coat. |
| METONYMS | • metonyms n. Plural of metonym. • METONYM n. a word used in metonymy. |
| MONONYMS | • mononyms n. Plural of mononym. • MONONYM n. a person who is famous enough to be known by only one name, usually the first name. |
| PARANYMS | • paranyms n. Plural of paranym. • PARANYM n. a euphemism; a word whose meaning is altered to conceal an evasion or untruth e.g. liberation for conquest. |
| PARONYMS | • paronyms n. Plural of paronym. • PARONYM n. a word having the same root as another. |
| SYNONYMS | • synonyms n. Plural of synonym. • SYNONYM n. a word having the same meaning as another, also SYNONYME. |
| TOPONYMS | • toponyms n. Plural of toponym. • TOPONYM n. (Greek) a word derived from the name of a place e.g. Waterloo. |
| TRIONYMS | • trionyms n. Plural of trionym. • TRIONYM n. a trinomial name or expression. |