namesake
Meanings
Plural: namesakes
Noun
- a person with the same name as another
- An entity that lends its name to another entity.
- An entity that lends its name to another entity.
- A person with the same name as another.
- One who is named after another, often a child named after the parent or an ancestor.
- An entity that lends its name to another entity.
- A person with the same name as another.
- One for whom another is named, often the parent or ancestor who gave the name to a child.
- An entity that lends its name to another entity.
- A person with the same name as another.
- Something (especially a ship, a building, or a medical condition, symptom, or sign) that is named after someone or something.
Verb
- To name (somebody) after somebody else.
Origin / Etymology
Mid-17th century. Equivalent to name + sake. From the phrase “for (one's) name's sake”, first found in Bible translations as a rendering of a Hebrew [Term?] idiom meaning “to protect one's reputation” or possibly “vouched for by one's reputation”. A familiar example is in Psalm 23:3.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
namesake is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordnamesake is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
namesake is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
namesake is a valid Words With Friends word