Definitions For Onomasiology

Noun

ONOMASIOLOGY (uncountable) (linguistics) A branch of lexicology concerned with the names of concepts.

Synonyms

onomastics onomatology

Coordinate terms

semasiology

Derived terms

onomasiologic onomasiological onomasiologically onomasiologist

Translations

Belarusian: анамасіяло́гія, f Catalan: onomasiologia, f Czech: onomaziologie, f Dutch: onomasiologie, f Estonian: onomasioloogia Finnish: nimitysoppi, onomasiologia French: onomasiologie, f Galician: onomasioloxía, f German: Onomasiologie, f, Benennungslehre, f, Bezeichnungslehre, f Irish: onamaiseolaíocht, f Italian: onomasiologia, f Occitan: onomasiologia, f Portuguese: onomasiologia, f Russian: ономасиоло́гия, f Spanish: onomasiología, f Ukrainian: ономасіоло́гія, f

Etymology

From "I name" + logy.

Is Onomasiology a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
21

The word Onomasiology is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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