What are the better known opposites of the following obscure words?
Dysphemism
Eucatastrophe
Heteromaton
Onymous
Pessimum
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Dysphemism: Euphenism
Eucatastrophe: Dyscatastrophe
Heteromaton: Automation
Onymous: eponymous
Pessimum: optimum or apex
Most of that is right.
It’s not quite eponymous. There’s another word which is more commonly used that is the opposite of “onymous”.
Now on dysphemism, that’s one we didn’t see coming. It’s technically correct (having been coined by Tolkein as we just found out) but there’s another one that is simpler and more common.