Meanings
adjectiveonomastic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to a personal or place name.
The core of the study consists of an onomastic analysis and comparison of some selected areas of the urbanonymic system; I also delineate the characteristics of different urbanonymic types.
2013, David Vaculík, “Parts of the city of Ostrava – The past and current state of urbanonymy”, in Masaryk University Brno, page 403 - not comparableOf or relating to onomastics.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
- Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
- Ancient Greekὀνομάζω (onomázō)
- Ancient Greekὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)
- Englishonomastic
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan onomàstic
- onomàsticof, or relating to onomastics
Finnish nimistöntutkimus-
- nimistöntutkimus-of, or relating to onomastics
French onomastique
- onomastiqueof, or relating to onomastics
German onomastisch
- onomastischof, or relating to onomastics
Italian onomastico
- onomasticoof, or relating to onomastics
Polish onomastyczny
- onomastycznyof, or relating to onomastics
Portuguese onomástico
- onomásticoof, or relating to onomastics
Romanian onomastic
- onomasticof, or relating to onomastics
Spanish onomástico
- onomásticoof, or relating to onomastics
Swedish onomastisk
- onomastiskof, or relating to onomastics
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with onomastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
onomastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomastic
MLA
“onomastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onomastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomastic.
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