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first name
noun as in given name
Strongest match
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He still pinches himself, he said, for being on first-name basis with folks like the Clintons.
Voters are on a first-name basis with candidates because of it.
That warm, fuzzy feeling is reciprocated—more often than not on a first-name basis.
"Doan' go so fas', Hoo," called Mr. Lum, for they had long since reached the first-name stage.
Why, then, are you on first-name terms with everyone in the scientific group except me?
It seemed unlikely that necktie drummers would be on terms of first-name intimacy with Shakespeare.
They had dropped formality and were on a first-name basis now.
I'm not normally a first-name-snatcher, but I do seem to have fallen into saying 'Milt.'
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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to first name, such as: given name, baptismal name, baptism name, christian name, and forename.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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