Thesaurus:surname
English
Noun
Sense: a name that indicates to which family a person belongs
Synonyms
- cognomen (uncommon)
- family name
- last name
- surname
- to-name
Hyponyms
- cognomen (historical)
- eponym (archaic)
- nomen (historical)
- occupational surname
Hypernyms
Holonyms
Various
- aftername
- aneponymous (uncommon)
- surnameless
Further reading
- “564. nomenclature” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “surname” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.