All namesake synonyms

noun namesake

• someone — somebody
• term — a word or phrase that has a specific or precise meaning within a given discipline or field and might have a different meaning in common usage: Set is a term of art used by mathematicians, and burden of proof is a term of art used by lawyers.
• brand — If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
• style — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
• label — a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc.
• flag — flagstone (def 1).
• signature — a person's name, or a mark representing it, as signed personally or by deputy, as in subscribing a letter or other document.
• sign — a token; indication.
• nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
• surname — the name that a person has in common with other family members, as distinguished from a Christian name or given name; family name.
• head — Edith, 1897–1981, U.S. costume designer.
• tag — a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
• rubric — a title, heading, direction, or the like, in a manuscript, book, statute, etc., written or printed in red or otherwise distinguished from the rest of the text.
• moniker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
• cognomen — (originally) an ancient Roman's third name or nickname, which later became his family name
• agnomen — the fourth name or second cognomen occasionally acquired by an ancient Roman
• pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
• appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
• handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• denomination — A particular denomination is a particular religious group which has slightly different beliefs from other groups within the same faith.
• autograph — An autograph is the signature of someone famous which is specially written for a fan to keep.
• monogram — a design consisting of two or more alphabetic letters combined or interlaced, commonly one's initials, often printed on stationery, embroidered on clothing, etc.
• designation — A designation is a description, name, or title that is given to someone or something. Designation is the fact of giving that description, name, or title.
• alias — An alias is a false name, especially one used by a criminal.
• heading — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
• sobriquet — a nickname.
• patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
• matronymic — metronymic.
• epithet — An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
• eponym — A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
• agname — a name that is used in addition to a first name and surname
• nom de guerre — an assumed name, as one under which a person fights, paints, writes, etc.; pseudonym.
• nom de plume — pen name.
• pen name — a pseudonym used by an author; nom de plume.
• pet name — a name or a term of address used to express affection for a person, thing, etc.
• autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
• compellation — appellation
• nomen — (in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
• place name — the name given to or held by a geographical location, as a town, city, village, etc.
• prenomen — praenomen.