1. Word List: ono, nym, onym
word, name

2. acronym
an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words

3. anonymous
not named or identified; done by someone unknown

4. antonym
a word that means the opposite of another word

5. eponym
a person for whom something, such as a city, building or street, has been named
Origin of boycott
after Charles C. Boycott 
( ), English estate manager in 
Ireland, against whom nonviolent coercive 
tactics were used in 1880

6. heteronym
one of two or more words that are spelled alike, but have different meanings and pronunciations, such as bass voice and bass, a fish

7. homonym
one of two or more words that are pronounced alike, but have different spellings and meanings, such as isle and aisle

8. onomatopoeia
the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer

9. oronym
a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray day and grade A

10. pseudonym
false name; a fictitious name

11. synonym
one of two or more words that have the same meaning