Something I have been pondering for a while now.

[Alpeduez21]

We have categories that group together various types of words. Antonyms, Synonyms and what have you. Is there a title for the names of objects where the name is the objects function? As in screwdriver, washing machine or lawn mower.

[cyclonefence]

1. I think that's a *wonderful* idea (and question)

and now I have a new quest for my sunset years.

Check this out: https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/607010/what-is-the-term-for-a-word-name-that-describes-the-function

[quaint]

2. Autological

From cyclonefence's link.

[sl8]

3. Agent noun?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_noun

In linguistics, an agent noun (in Latin, nomen agentis) is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action.[1] For example, driver is an agent noun formed from the verb drive.[2]

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