Synonyms and Antonyms of name

synonym (synonym of name)

  • (noun)
    agnomen, denomination, prenomen, surname, appellation, designation, style, title, cognomen, epithet
    Name in the most general sense, signifying the word by which a person or thing is called or known, includes all other words of this group; in this sen more.. (noun)
     
  • (noun.group)
    gens
    family based on male descent (noun.group)
     
  • (noun.person)
    figure, public figure
    a well-known or notable person (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    epithet
    a defamatory or abusive word or phrase (noun.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    call
    assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    identify
    give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.social)
    make, nominate
    charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    appoint, constitute, nominate
    create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer
    make reference to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out
    identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    list
    give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.cognition)
    diagnose
    determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis (verb.cognition)
     

hypernym (name IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a defamatory or abusive word or phrase (noun.communication)
    calumniation, calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement
    a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions (noun.communication)
     
  • a language unit by which a person or thing is known (noun.communication)
    language unit, linguistic unit
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed (noun.communication)
     
  • a person's reputation (noun.state)
    reputation, repute
    the state of being held in high esteem and honor (noun.state)
     
  • a well-known or notable person (noun.person)
    important person, influential person, personage
    a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events (noun.person)
     
  • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
    label
    assign a label to; designate with a label (verb.communication)
     
  • by the sanction or authority of (noun.act)
    sanction
    the act of final authorization (noun.act)
     
  • charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)
    appoint, charge
    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to (verb.social)
     
  • create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)
    constitute, establish, found, institute, plant
    set up or lay the groundwork for (verb.creation)
     
  • determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis (verb.cognition)
    analyse, analyze, canvas, canvass, examine, study
    consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning (verb.cognition)
     
  • family based on male descent (noun.group)
    family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
    people descended from a common ancestor (noun.group)
     
  • give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of (verb.communication)
    enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite
    specify individually (verb.communication)
     
  • give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)
    denote, refer
    have as a meaning (verb.communication)
     
  • make reference to (verb.communication)
    have in mind, mean, think of
    intend to refer to (verb.cognition)
     
  • mention and identify by name (verb.communication)
    define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify
    decide upon or fix definitely (verb.communication)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF name relation)

  • a defamatory or abusive word or phrase (noun.communication)
    smear word
    an epithet that can be used to smear someone's reputation (noun.communication)
     
  • a language unit by which a person or thing is known (noun.communication)
    agnomen
    an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great') (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    assumed name, dba, doing business as, fictitious name
    (law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    eponym
    the name derived from a person (real or imaginary) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    computer file name, computer filename, file name, filename
    (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of more.. (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    patronym, patronymic
    a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the more.. (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    matronymic, metronymic
    a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    street name
    the name of a street (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    cognomen, family name, last name, surname
    the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    middle name
    a name between your first name and your surname (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    first name, forename, given name
    the name that precedes the surname (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    nickname
    a descriptive name for a place or thing (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    alias, assumed name, false name
    a name that has been assumed temporarily (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    anonym, nom de guerre, pseudonym
    a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    misnomer
    an incorrect or unsuitable name (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    author's name, writer's name
    the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    appellation, appellative, denomination, designation
    identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    hypocorism, pet name
    a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    title
    the name of a work of art or literary composition etc. (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    place name, toponym
    the name by which a geographical place is known (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    signature
    your name written in your own handwriting (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    company name
    the name by which a corporation is identified (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    domain name
    strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    brand, brand name, marque, trade name
    a name given to a product or service (noun.communication)
     
  • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
    baptise, baptize, christen
    administer baptism to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    refer
    use a name to designate (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    style, title
    designate by an identifying term (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    dub, nickname
    give a nickname to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    rename
    assign a new name to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    entitle, title
    give a title to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    term
    name formally or designate with a term (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    tag
    provide with a name or nickname (verb.communication)
     
  • create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)
    pack
    set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome (verb.social)
     
  • (verb.social)
    co-opt
    appoint summarily or commandeer (verb.social)
     
  • determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis (verb.cognition)
    explore
    examine minutely (verb.cognition)
     
  • give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)
    enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite
    specify individually (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    list, number
    enumerate (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    announce
    give the names of (verb.communication)
     
  • make reference to (verb.communication)
    commend, remember
    mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    speak of the devil
    mention someone's name who just then appears (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    remember
    mention favorably, as in prayer (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    cite, quote
    refer to for illustration or proof (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    touch on
    refer to or discuss briefly (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    appeal, invoke
    cite as an authority; resort to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    namedrop
    refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    bring up, raise
    put forward for consideration or discussion (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    drag up, dredge up
    mention something unpleasant from the past (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    cross-refer
    refer from one entry to another, as in catalogues, books, and lists (verb.communication)
     

entail (entailment relations of name)

verb group (name is verb group of ....)

  • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
    call
    ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.social)
    address, call
    greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name (verb.social)
     

derivation (.... is derived from name)

  • a language unit by which a person or thing is known (noun.communication)
    describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name
    identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb.cognition)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    name
    mention and identify by name (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer
    make reference to (verb.communication)
     
  • (verb.communication)
    call, name
    assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
     
  • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)
    namer
    a person who gives a name or names (noun.person)
     
  • create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)
    appointment, assignment, designation, naming
    the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.act)
    nomination
    the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.person)
    appointee, appointment
    a person who is appointed to a job or position (noun.person)
     
  • (noun.person)
    appointee
    an official who is appointed (noun.person)
     
  • (adj.all)
    appointed, appointive
    subject to appointment (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.all)
    nominated, nominative
    appointed by nomination (adj.all)
     
  • (adj.pert)
    appointive
    relating to the act of appointing (adj.pert)
     
  • determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis (verb.cognition)
    diagnosing, diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon (noun.act)
     
  • give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of (verb.communication)
    itemisation, itemization, listing
    the act of making a list of items (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    list, listing
    a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    lister
    assessor who makes out the tax lists (noun.person)
     
  • give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)
    identification
    evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing (noun.communication)
     
  • identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb.cognition)
    designation, identification
    the act of designating or identifying something (noun.act)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    identity
    the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    naming
    the verbal act of naming (noun.communication)
     
  • (adj.all)
    identifiable
    capable of being identified (adj.all)
     
  • make reference to (verb.communication)
    citation, quotation, quote
    a passage or expression that is quoted or cited (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    acknowledgment, citation, cite, credit, mention, quotation, reference
    a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    mention, reference
    a remark that calls attention to something or someone (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.communication)
    citation
    (law) the act of citing (as of spoken words or written passages or legal precedents etc.) (noun.communication)
     
  • (noun.person)
    mentioner
    a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally (noun.person)
     
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