namesake

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: name=sake

CIDE DICTIONARY

namesake, n. [For name's sake; i. e., one named for the sake of another's name.].

 One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

namesake, n. a person or thing having the same name as another (was her aunt's namesake).

Etymology

prob. f. phr. for the name's sake

THESAURUS

namesake

appellation, appellative, binomen, binomial name, byword, cognomen, cryptonym, denomination, designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle, honorific, hyponym, label, moniker, name, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun, scientific name, secret name, style, tag, tautonym, title, trinomen, trinomial name

ROGET THESAURUS

namesake

Nomenclature

N nomenclature, naming, nuncupation, nomination, baptism, orismology, onomatopoeia, antonomasia, name, appelation, appelative, designation, title, heading, rubric, caption, denomination, by-name, epithet, style, proper name, praenomen, agnomen, cognomen, patronymic, surname, cognomination, eponym, compellation, description, antonym, empty title, empty name, handle to one's name, namesake, term, expression, noun, byword, convertible terms, technical term, cant, named, hight, ycleped, known as, what one may well, call fairly, call properly, call fitly, nuncupatory, nuncupative, cognominal, titular, nominal, orismological, beggar'd all description.