Vocabulary Sort: ono, nym, onym

What word is used for used for a person after whom something was named, such as Amerigo Vespucci, from whom we get America?

• antoynym

• homonym

• eponym

• heteronym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word describes an unknown person that has done something, such as write a book?

• anonymous

• acronym

• onomatopoeia

• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word names two strings of words that sound similar such as "I scream" and "ice cream"

• heteronym

• onomatopoeia

• pseudonym

• oronym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word names words with identical spellings but different meanings and pronunciations?

• synonym

• eponym

• heteronym

• dialog

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word names a word that has the opposite meaning of another word?

• antonym

• onomatopoeia

• pseudonym

• acronym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5C

What word names words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings

• oronym

• synonym

• anonymous

• homonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word names a word that imitates the sound of an object such as "buzz" for a bee?

• synonym

• onomatopoeia

• oronym

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word describes an unknown person that has done something, such as write a book?

• anonymous

• pseudonym

• heteronym

• analogy

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word means a fictitious name used by authors who want to hide their identities?

• acronym

• ornonym

• heteronym

• pseudonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4A

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.4.4

What word means a word that has the same meaning as another word?

• onomatopoeia

• homonym

• synonym

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.4.5C