Words Like METRONYMIC

We have put together a list of words that are similar to METRONYMIC.

2 Alternative Words Similar to metronymic

1 Matronymic Noun Synonym Words Like Matronymic

2 Name Noun Synonym Words Like Name

5 definitions of metronymic

1 Derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor: correlative to patronymic: as, a metronymic name.

2 A maternal name; a name derived from the mother or a maternal ancestor.

3 In anthropology, relating to that form of society in which the child takes its name from the mother's family, or in which the child is reckoned as a member of the maternal family.

4 Alternative form of matronymic.

5 a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor

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