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Antonyms for name
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term name.
Wiktionary
namenoun
Synonyms:
proper namenamenoun
To give a name to.
1904: L. Frank Baum, The Land of Oz — I will name the fellow 'Jack Pumpkinhead!'
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proper namenamenoun
To mention, specify.
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proper namenamenoun
To identify as relevant or important
naming the problem
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proper namenamenoun
A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
The painter was named as an accomplice.
Synonyms:
proper namenameverb
To designate for a role.
My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
Synonyms:
proper name
English Synonyms and Antonyms
name
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 sense every noun is a name; in the more limited sense a name is personal, an appellation is descriptive, a title is official. In the phrase William the Conqueror, King of England, William is the man's name, which belongs to him personally, independently of any rank or achievement; Conqueror is the appellation which he won by his acquisition of England; King is the title denoting his royal rank. An epithet (Greek epitheton, something added, from epi, on, and tithemi, put) is something placed upon a person or thing; the epithet does not strictly belong to an object like a name, but is given to mark some assumed characteristic, good or bad; an epithet is always an adjective, or a word or phrase used as an adjective, and is properly used to emphasize a characteristic but not to add information, as in the phrase "the sounding sea;" the idea that an epithet is always opprobrious, and that any word used opprobriously is an epithet is a popular error. Designation may be used much in the sense of appellation, but is more distinctive or specific in meaning; a designation properly so called rests upon some inherent quality, while an appellation may be fanciful. Among the Romans the prenomen was the individual part of a man's name, the "nomen" designated the gens to which he belonged, the cognomen showed his family and was borne by all patricians, and the agnomen was added to refer to his achievements or character. When scientists name an animal or a plant, they give it a binary or binomial technical name comprising a generic and a specific appellation. In modern use, a personal name, as John or Mary, is given in infancy, and is often called the given name or Christian name, or simply the first name (rarely the prenomen); the cognomen or surname is the family name which belongs to one by right of birth or marriage. Style is the legal designation by which a person or house is known in official or business relations; as, the name and style of Baring Brothers. The term denomination is applied to a separate religious organization, without the opprobrious meaning attaching to the word "sect;" also, to designate any class of like objects collectively, especially money or notes of a certain value; as, the sum was in notes of the denomination of one thousand dollars. Compare TERM.
Synonyms:
agnomen, appellation, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, prenomen, style, surname, title
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
namenoun
Antonyms:
namelessness, anonymousness, misnomer, pseudonym, obscurity, ingloriousness, disrepute, individuality, personSynonyms:
designation, cognomination, appellation, title, fame, reputation, authority, appointment, stead, representationnameverb
Antonyms:
misname, miscall, misdesignate, misindicate, hint, suggest, shadow, adumbrate
Princeton's WordNet
namenoun
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
"his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
Synonyms:
gens, epithet, public figure, figurenamenoun
a person's reputation
"he wanted to protect his good name"
Synonyms:
gens, epithet, public figure, figurename, gensnoun
family based on male descent
"he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
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gens, epithet, public figure, figurename, figure, public figurenoun
a well-known or notable person
"they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
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number, shape, design, fig, trope, figure, physical body, epithet, figure of speech, frame, gens, build, image, chassis, anatomy, bod, form, material body, flesh, pattern, soma, digit, public figure, human body, physiquenamenoun
by the sanction or authority of
"halt in the name of the law"
Synonyms:
gens, epithet, public figure, figurename, epithetverb
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Synonyms:
gens, epithet, public figure, figurename, callverb
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
"They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
Synonyms:
distinguish, forebode, prognosticate, cite, promise, phone, yell, key out, appoint, cry, call in, scream, refer, holler, make, call up, call off, key, bring up, call, list, send for, anticipate, address, visit, foretell, shout, predict, identify, nominate, telephone, mention, shout out, squall, bid, advert, ring, describe, constitute, hollo, diagnose, discovername, identifyverb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
"Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
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discover, place, list, appoint, bring up, mention, describe, advert, key out, diagnose, call, identify, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitutename, nominate, makeverb
charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
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wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, key out, refer, construct, draw, cook, have, piddle, hold, distinguish, piss, constitute, discover, do, reach, earn, make believe, get to, diagnose, shit, defecate, lay down, make water, pass water, stimulate, progress to, create, crap, bring up, take a shit, pretend, advert, gain, ready, establish, realize, list, make up, propose, give, attain, pull in, induce, form, pee, make, wee, ca-ca, get, describe, prepare, micturate, identify, take in, score, put forward, build, throw, arrive at, pee-pee, cite, relieve oneself, spend a penny, mention, puddle, take a crap, clear, appoint, produce, nominate, put up, call, take a leak, key, cause, urinate, work, fix, realise, stool, seduceappoint, name, nominate, constituteverb
create and charge with a task or function
"nominate a committee"
Synonyms:
found, form, put up, list, appoint, identify, represent, be, bring up, mention, describe, advert, plant, put forward, comprise, establish, key out, propose, institute, diagnose, call, charge, discover, make up, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitutenameverb
mention and identify by name
"name your accomplices!"
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discover, list, appoint, bring up, mention, describe, advert, key out, diagnose, call, identify, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitutemention, advert, bring up, cite, name, referverb
make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
Synonyms:
come to, touch, relate, give ear, concern, put forward, reference, cite, consult, pertain, adduce, summons, abduce, elevate, key out, describe, appoint, pay heed, refer, call down, have-to doe with, conjure, lift, make, observe, arouse, key, remark, bring up, call, list, quote, conjure up, nurture, reboot, boot, advert, touch on, look up, constitute, summon, raise, identify, stir, get up, nominate, bear on, call forth, invoke, attend, mention, hang, evoke, rear, denote, distinguish, parent, allude, diagnose, discover, noteidentify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, nameverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
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account, detect, distinguish, chance upon, signalise, trace, let out, separate, place, secern, bring out, reveal, disclose, attain, let on, depict, cite, find, describe, get word, differentiate, fall upon, refer, strike, spot, report, nominate, make, pick out, see, find out, key, expose, bring up, give away, mark, break, appoint, severalise, tell apart, signalize, happen upon, delineate, list, divulge, identify, make out, come across, key out, observe, get a line, notice, recognize, line, pick up, call, mention, draw, discern, advert, recognise, tell, unwrap, constitute, learn, come upon, light upon, get wind, chance on, diagnose, discover, secernate, severalize, hearlist, nameverb
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
"List the states west of the Mississippi"
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discover, heel, lean, list, appoint, bring up, mention, describe, number, key out, diagnose, call, advert, identify, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitutediagnose, nameverb
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Synonyms:
discover, list, appoint, bring up, mention, describe, advert, key out, diagnose, call, identify, distinguish, cite, refer, nominate, key, make, constitute
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
namenoun
Synonyms:
appellation, designation, denomination, epithet, title, cognomen, surname, cognomination, pseudonym, patronymic, metronymic, alias, penname, prænomen, sobriquet, nom de plume, nom de guerre, nickname, eponym, misnomer, euphemism, agnomen, allonym, anonym, autonym, appellative, byname, caconym, cryptonym, compellation, compellative, dionym, trionym, polyonym, diminutive, repute, fame, renown, reputationAssociated words:
nominal, nominally, titular, titulary, onomatology, patronomatology, onomasticon, orismology, pseudepigraphy, pseudonymity, roster, register, née, nomancy, namesake, eponymy, of that ilk, nomenclator, heteronym, synedoche, nominativenameverb
Synonyms:
entitle, denominate, style, call, christen, dub, term, designate, specify, nominate
How to use name in a sentence?
I don't think you are going to see a six-times levered name trying to bring a dividend deal to go in the sponsor's pocket, people would have to have a pretty good impression of the issuer and the leverage.
I can't talk about Hollywood. It was a horror to me when I was there and it's a horror to look back on. I can't imagine how I did it. When I got away from it I couldn't even refer to the place by name. Out there, I called it.
M.S:
A man is known by his work not his name.
I wrote my name upon the sand; I thought I wrote it on thine heart.
So may I live no junctive law fulfilling, And my heart’s table bear no woman’s name.
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