| Main Entry: | designate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | name, entitle |
Synonyms: |
baptize, call, christen, cognominate, denominate, dub, label, nickname, nominate, style, term, title |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give a title |
Synonyms: |
baptize, call, characterize, christen, classify, cognominate, define, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, give a handle, identify, label, nickname, nomenclature, put tag on, style, tag, term, ticket, title |
| Main Entry: | nominate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | designate, select |
Synonyms: |
appoint, assign, call, choose, cognominate, commission, decide, denominate, draft, elect, elevate, empower, intend, make, mean, name, offer, present, proffer, propose, purpose, put down for, put up, recommend, slate, slot, specify, submit, suggest, tab, tap, tender, term |
| Notes: | nominate means 'call the name of' (Latin nomen), while denominate means 'to give a name to' |
Antonyms: |
ignore, pass over |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
self, self, anonymous, cognominal, disquiparant, eponymous, euonymous, having no name, hight, innominate, known as, misnamed, named, nameless, ne, nee, nominal, nuncupative, nuncupatory, onymatic, onymous, orismological, polyonymous, pseudepigraphous, pseudonymous, scilicet, soi, theophoric, titular, unnamed, veritable, videlicet, what one may fairly call, what one may fitly call, what one may properly call, what one may well call, without a name, yclept
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