Words ending in -NYM

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Hint	Examples	Answer
Word formed from the starting letters of other words	NASA \| DNA \| SCUBA	Acronym
Term that distinguishes the original form of something from a more modern version	Landline phone \| Acoustic Guitar \| Snail Mail	Retronym
Taxonomic name with identical species and genus names	Gorilla gorilla \| Vulpes vulpes \| Rattus rattus	Tautonym
Word with similar meaning to another word	Large, huge \| Friend, pal \| Retro, Old-fashioned	Synonym
Word with opposite meaning to another word	Amazing, terrible \| Friend, Nemesis \|Apt, Inapt	Antonym
A person whom something is named after. Also the thing that is named after that person	Achilles, Achilles tendon \| Ambrose Burnside, Sideburns \| John Duns Scotus, Dunce	Eponym
Name given to a place by people who don't live there	Germany instead of Deutschland \| Japan instead of Nihon \| アメリカ instead of United States	Exonym
Name considered unattractive or unpleasant	Harry Baals \| Dongfish \| Osama Vinladen	Caconym
Fictitious names often used by authors	Mark Twain \| Dr. Seuss \| George Orwell	Pseudonym
Word representing a subclass within a broader category	Apple to Fruit \| Dog to Animal \| Rose to Flower	Hyponym
Codename used to conceal the identity or purpose of an organization, person, or operation	Lace \| Manhattan Project \| MKUltra	Cryptonym
Name of a geographical feature	Mount Everest \| Death Valley \| Lake Victoria	Geonym
Name for inhabitants of a given place	Canadian \| Antiguan/Barbudan \| Scouser	Demonym
Word formed by reversing the letters of another word	Elvis, lives \| Stressed, desserts \| Straw, warts	Ananym
Name/word that is particularly poorly suited to who/what it describes	Rob Banks, police officer \| Jaime Cardinal Sin, Roman Catholic Archbishop \| Funny bone, ulnar nerve	Inaptonym
Words with the same spelling and pronounciation but different meanings	Bank \| Well \| Date	Homonym
Words that are spelled the same but have different pronounciations and meanings	Bow \| Tear \| Wind	Heteronym
Word where numbers are used to form an abbreviation	K9 \| 24/7 \| 5G	Numeronym
Name given to bodies of water	Pacific Ocean \| Nile River \| Caspian Sea	Hydronym
Person whose name is particularly well suited to them	Sara Blizzard, meteorologist \| Thomas Crapper, sanitary engineer \| Tiger Woods, golfer	Aptonym / Euonym