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-ONYM

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

-ONYM

a)

Latin - "Name"

b)

Greek - "Both"

c)

Latin - "To Eat"

2.

A word formed from the first letters of each one of the words in a phrase.

a)

Antonym

b)

Eponym

c)

Acronym

3.

A name that someone,such as a writer,uses instead of his or her real name.

a)

Pseudonym

b)

Eponym

c)

Synonym

4.

A place name, especially one derived from a topographical feature.

a)

Anonymous

b)

Homonym

c)

Toponym

5.

A word that is spelled and pronounced like another word but is different in meaning.

a)

Patronymic

b)

Homonym

c)

Eponym

6.

One for whom or which something is or is believed to be named.

a)

Eponym

b)

Antonym

c)

Anonymous

7.

Of or derived from a personal or family name.

a)

Acronym

b)

Synonym

c)

Patronynmic

8.

Not named or identified; made or done by someone unknown;not distinct or noticable;lacking interesting or unusual characteristics.

a)

Anonymous

b)

Antonym

c)

Metonymy

9.

A word that is opposite to the meaning of another word.

a)

Synonym

b)

Pseudonym

c)

Antonym

10.

substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')

a)

Eponym

b)

Metonymy

c)

Homonym

11.

A word that has the same meaning as another word with the same language.

a)

Synonym

b)

Homonym

c)

Psuedonym