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allonyms

allonyms is the plural of allonym.

Meaning of allonym

Noun

allonym (plural allonyms)

  1. A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.
  2. (uncommon) An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author.
    Antonyms:
    autonym

Questions about allonyms

What is allonyms the plural of?
Allonyms is the plural of allonym.

Words near allonyms in the dictionary

  1. allonursing
  2. allonym
  3. allonymies
  4. allonymous
  5. allonymously
  6. allonyms
  7. allonymy
  8. alloo
  9. alloocimene
  10. allooctoploid
  11. allooctoploids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: allonyms (page history and authors); allonym (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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