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This used to be my nym list, but there are so many words about words, I think it's time to expand and open.
Words 1 through 43 of 43
acronym   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 1 comment
antonym   was added by John and has been listed 13 times with 0 comments
aptronym   was added by John and has been listed 12 times with 1 comment
autoantonym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 2 comments
autonym   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
bacronym   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 0 comments
capitonym   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 8 comments
contranym   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 4 comments
contronym   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
eponym   was added by John and has been listed 18 times with 0 comments
exonym   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
heteronym   was added by John and has been listed 6 times with 0 comments
homonym   was added by John and has been listed 14 times with 6 comments
hypernym   was added by John and has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
hyperonym   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
hyponym   was added by John and has been listed 7 times with 0 comments
meronym   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 0 comments
metonym   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 8 comments
metronym   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 0 comments
oronym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
paronym   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 0 comments
patronym   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 0 comments
pseudonym   was added by John and has been listed 34 times with 0 comments
retronym   was added by John and has been listed 22 times with 0 comments
Synonym   was added by John and has been listed 23 times with 7 comments
tautonym   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 11 comments
toponym   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
euonym   was added by John and has been listed 12 times with 2 comments
lexicographic irregulars   was added by John and has been listed 1 time with 1 comment
lexisphere   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 14 comments
lexome   was added by John and has been listed 3 times with 14 comments
onomatopoeia   was added by John and has been listed 167 times with 6 comments
onomatomania   was added by John and has been listed 9 times with 6 comments
introuvable   was added by John and has been listed 4 times with 3 comments
dord   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 2 comments
wordie   was added by John and has been listed 37 times with 9 comments
lexicography   was added by John and has been listed 10 times with 0 comments
word apnea   was added by John and has been listed 5 times with 9 comments
verb   was added by John and has been listed 8 times with 10 comments
oligosemantonym   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 2 times with 5 comments
verbum dicendi   was added by John and has been listed 2 times with 0 comments
onanym   was added by Prolagus and has been listed 1 time with 6 comments
Words 1 through 43 of 43
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6 months ago bilby said:

If we have anonymous then I suspect at some stage in the past anonym was in general use. And the concept is useful: anonym, a thing without a name, a thing that is unable to be identified or defined.
Post-script: now that I've listed anonym, WordNET has put up an intriguing definition for it.

about 1 year ago John said:

Tomsteele, thanks for 'euonym'. Sarra, Synonym being captialized is an artifact of when I first launched the site, before I'd standardized on lowercase. I guess I find it faintly amusing that it's the only capitalized word (I'm easily amused), so I haven't corrected it. It's amazing how many people have noticed it -- there have been numerous comments and emails.

about 1 year ago tomsteele said:

euonym! It won the 1997 spelling bee.

about 1 year ago sarra said:

Now, tell us, why is "Synonym" the only capitalised Word I've seen on the whole site? It's most jarring!

about 1 year ago wilding592 said: nik

bring me a shrubbery

about 1 year ago John said:

Thanks to pedalinfaith for pointing me to this page, from which I stole many of these words :-)

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