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Synonyms for designate
ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪtdes·ig·nate

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  1. designateverb

    Synonyms:
    style, name, entitle, denominate, characterize, describe

  2. designateverb

    To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested.

    Synonyms:
    entitle, characterize, style, describe, name, denominate

  3. designateverb

    To call by a distinctive title; to name.

    Synonyms:
    describe, entitle, characterize, style, denominate, name

  4. designateverb

    To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

    Synonyms:
    style, describe, characterize, entitle, name, denominate

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. designate(ip)verb

    appointed but not yet installed in office

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

  2. designate, denominateverb

    assign a name or title to

    Synonyms:
    depute, destine, delegate, assign, indicate, fate, show, doom, point, specify, denominate, intend

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

  3. delegate, designate, depute, assignverb

    give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

    Synonyms:
    put, deputize, set apart, indicate, arrogate, show, doom, destine, portion, point, ascribe, specify, depute, delegate, denominate, impute, attribute, assign, intend, allot, deputise, fate

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

  4. indicate, point, designate, showverb

    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

    Synonyms:
    fate, taper, place, suggest, demo, exhibit, register, show, testify, head, depict, target, evidence, sharpen, maneuver, present, read, indicate, specify, point, channelize, record, betoken, denominate, repoint, channelise, picture, assign, signal, shew, steer, usher, intend, manoeuver, delegate, destine, aim, manoeuvre, depute, level, prove, render, direct, charge, luff, doom, establish, demonstrate, evince, argue, bespeak, express, orient, guide, show up, bear witness

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

  5. destine, fate, doom, designateverb

    decree or designate beforehand

    "She was destined to become a great pianist"

    Synonyms:
    denominate, destine, intend, depute, delegate, fate, show, specify, indicate, doom, sentence, point, condemn, assign

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

  6. intend, destine, designate, specifyverb

    design or destine

    "She was intended to become the director"

    Synonyms:
    fate, qualify, narrow, peg down, show, fix, nail down, delineate, stand for, point, pin down, doom, determine, indicate, particularize, assign, specify, think, intend, signify, delegate, destine, specialize, mean, depute, delimit, specialise, stipulate, delimitate, define, limit, denominate, condition, particularise, set, narrow down, set apart

    Antonyms:
    outgoing

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. designateverb

    Synonyms:
    specify, particularize, distinguish, define, indicate, denote, show, point out, mark out

  2. designateverb

    Synonyms:
    denominate, name, entitle, style, call, dub, term, characterize, describe, christen

  3. designateverb

    Synonyms:
    appoint, assign, allot

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How to use designate in a sentence?

  1. The JMEC statement:

    The chairperson expressed his hope that the flight of the First Vice President-designate could be rescheduled within days, without further conditions, to ensure the timely formation of the transitional government of national unity.

  2. Mahamat Idriss:

    It is not up to the transitional military council to designate a prime minister in this isolated manner. We want there to be talks between political parties, civil society and other actors in order to reach a consensus.

  3. Drew Hammill:

    We must replace CUTGO to allow Democrats to designate appropriate offsets( including revenue increases), a vote AGAINST the Democratic Rules package is a vote to let Mick Mulvaney make across the board cuts, unilaterally reversing Democratic initiatives and funding increases.

  4. Ron Wyden:

    Secretary-designate Yellen is one of the world’s top economic minds, and her perspective on economic matters has been widely sought after since she left the Federal Reserve.

  5. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

    Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as nymphets.


Translations for designate

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  • обозначавам, именувам, означавам, назначавам, предназначавам, определямBulgarian
  • označit, vymezit, ustanovit, jmenovatCzech
  • vorsehen, nennen, markieren, designieren, ausersehen, nominieren, kennzeichnen, signieren, bestimmen, benennenGerman
  • titular, designar, designadoSpanish
  • nimittää, merkitä, korvamerkitä, valita, määrittää, nimetä, osoittaaFinnish
  • titulizarIdo
  • 指定する, 称する, 示すJapanese
  • addīcōLatin
  • designéierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • designa, denumi, desemna, indica, numiRomanian
  • назначать, указывать, называть, именоватьRussian
  • chỉ địnhVietnamese

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