Synonyms for label
ˈleɪ bəlla·bel

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. labelnoun

   To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

   The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.

   Synonyms:
   sign, ticket, tag

2. labelverb

   To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

   He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.

   Synonyms:
   category, pigeonhole

3. labelverb

   Synonyms:
   price, tag

4. labelverb

   Synonyms:
   pigeonhole, categorise, compartmentalise

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. labelnoun

   a brief description given for purposes of identification

   "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"

   Synonyms:
   recording label

2. label, recording labelnoun

   trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

   "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"

   Synonyms:
   recording label

3. labelnoun

   a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

   Synonyms:
   recording label

4. labelverb

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

   Synonyms:
   recording label

5. labelverb

   assign a label to; designate with a label

   "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

6. tag, label, markverb

   attach a tag or label to

   "label these bottles"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, dog, tail, pit, go after, mark, commemorate, pock, pronounce, give chase, tick, chase, differentiate, strike out, notice, punctuate, score, brand, grade, trail, check off, cross off, stigmatize, note, strike off, mark off, judge, stigmatise, nock, denounce, tag, scar, chase after, set, tick off, track, cross out, check

7. pronounce, label, judgeverb

   pronounce judgment on

   "They labeled him unfit to work here"

   Synonyms:
   guess, pass judgment, adjudicate, enounce, gauge, mark, enunciate, articulate, estimate, say, pronounce, evaluate, try, approximate, tag, judge, sound out

8. labelverb

   distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

9. labelverb

   distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Declare
   • Description
   • Designate
   • Distinguish
   • Radioisotope
   • Trade Name

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "label":

   tag, labels, labelling, tags, etiquette, sticker, emblem, labeling, mark, marker, labelled, brand, tab, stamp, marking, tagging, caption, placard

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. label

   Synonyms:
   Package insert, patient package leaflet

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1. Susan Wood:

   The FDA isn't going to change The FDA unless the companies come in with the data and ask for a label change.

2. Lawrence Newman:

   That’s not to say that this procedure isn’t good and doesn’t work, but you can’t make any grand claims based on a study that’s open-label and has a mix of patients.

3. Carol Burnett:

   That was Carrie’s favorite flower, she had one tattooed on her right shoulder. Then at dinner the matre d’ gave us a bottle of champagne, and the label said ‘ Louise. ’ That was Carrie’s middle name. Then it rained on opening night. Carrie and I were nuts for the rain.

4. Alain Fontaine:

   Tourists would know where to go in Paris, if they want to meet Parisians in bistros and on terraces, there would be a label, we will be in the guide, there will be signs in the windows reading 'this establishment is recognized as a world heritage site by UNESCO'.

5. Jenny Radesky:

   The biggest takeaway for parents is that sleep is part of self-regulation. We need to wake our brains up, and settle them back down. We need to handle fears and separation from our loved ones, for this reason, sleep is usually much harder for children with self-regulation problems in early childhood -- whether due to anxiety, early ADHD, sensory integration challenges, trauma or lots of other developmental differences that may not rise to the level of a diagnostic label.