namesake
/ˈneɪmseɪk/noun
उच्चारण नेम्सेक
हमनाम, एक ही नाम वाला व्यक्ति या चीज़
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a person or thing that has the same name as another
हमनाम, एक ही नाम वाला व्यक्ति या चीज़
- Unlike his famous namesake, this Sachin cannot play cricket at all.
- The town is named after Lord Hardinge, and the bridge is its namesake.
- Radhika met her namesake, a girl from another school, at the quiz.
+ 2 more examples
- The grandson and his namesake grandfather share the same birthday.
- The new ship was named after the old one, and became its namesake.
Synonyms same-named person homonym
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
same-named person homonym
AaSpelling
name·sake
One word (not 'name's sake' as two words); from 'for the name's sake'.
एक शब्द (दो शब्दों में 'name's sake' नहीं); 'for the name's sake' से।
?Which word?
Keep apart namesake (same name), homonym (same spelling or sound, different meaning), alias (a false name), pseudonym (a pen name), nickname (a familiar name), pen name.
अलग रखिए: namesake (एक ही नाम), homonym (एक जैसी spelling या ध्वनि, अलग अर्थ), alias (झूठा नाम), pseudonym (उपनाम, लेखकीय), nickname (प्रचलित नाम), pen name।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: a person having the same name as another is a namesake.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: दूसरे के समान नाम वाला व्यक्ति namesake।
General knowledge
Literature: 'The Namesake' by Jhumpa Lahiri.
साहित्य में झुम्पा लाहिड़ी का 'The Namesake'।