troponym

Meanings

Plural: troponyms

Noun

a word that denotes a manner of doing something
- "`march' is a troponym of `walk'"
A verb that indicates more precisely the manner of doing something by replacing a verb of a more generalized meaning.

Origin / Etymology

From tropo- + -onym.

Synonyms

manner name

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