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

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

Hudson and Drew Barrymore, who has hosted her own eponymous show since 2020, are now the sole survivors in the celebrity-oriented afternoon talk genre.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

“There was time it was the economy that drove the stock market,” writes veteran economist David Rosenberg, the eponymous head of Rosenberg Research.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

Other significant roles around this time included the highly strung Major Burns in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H and THX 1138, the eponymous protagonist of George Lucas's dystopian 1971 sci-fi debut.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

He was not saved by these efforts, though, but by a curious stipulation in the terms laid down by Henry Lucas for his eponymous chair.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin