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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


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Last year, Pacific Palisades-based fashion designer Elyse Walker said she would reopen her eponymous store in Palisades Village after losing her 25-year flagship location on Antioch Street to the inferno.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

America's First Lady Melania Trump made $10.7m from her eponymous documentary, which was produced by Amazon.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

When Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band released its eponymous first album 50 years ago this month, the LP was unlike anything that had preceded it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

Bloomberg, co-founder of the eponymous financial news and data company that competes with MarketWatch parent Dow Jones, also paid out a total of $261 million on his three successful mayoral campaigns in New York City.

From MarketWatch Jun. 3, 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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