Onomastics

/ˌɒ.nəʊˈmæs.tɪks/

Synonyms for "onomastics" (24 found)

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Adjective(1 words)

family origins

Noun(4 words)

name corpusname inventoryname stockname study

Noun(5 words)

naming methodologyonomastic theoryonymy patronymic patronymics

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4 relation types

6 entries

academic disciplineacademic methodologyfield of studylexicology linguisticslinguistics theory

9 entries

anthroponymyclassification schemesethnonymyetymology analysisname corpusname inventoryname stocknaming conventionstoponymy

6 entries

onomastics researchorigin of namespersonal name historyplace name etymologyregional onomasticsstudy of names

3 entries

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Her father had long been a student of onomastics, and loved to unpack the names of people they encountered as children.

Source: wiktionary

From the point of view of onomastics, proper names fulfill many functions (individualizing, localizing, differentiating etc.).

Source: wiktionary