Synonym of Names

names

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Noun
1. verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
(synonym) name calling
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job

name

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Noun
1. 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"
(hypernym) language unit, linguistic unit
(hyponym) eponym
(derivation) mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer
2. by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
(hypernym) sanction
3. a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
(hypernym) repute, reputation
4. 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"
(synonym) figure, public figure
(hypernym) important person, influential person, personage
5. family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
(synonym) gens
(hypernym) family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
6. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
(synonym) epithet
(hypernym) defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job
(hyponym) smear word

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Verb
1. assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
(synonym) call
(hypernym) label
(hyponym) baptize, baptise, christen
(verb-group) call
(derivation) namer
2. 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"
(synonym) identify
(hypernym) denote, refer
(hyponym) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
(derivation) naming
3. charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
(synonym) nominate, make
(hypernym) appoint, charge
(hyponym) rename
(derivation) appointment, assignment, designation, naming
4. create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
(synonym) appoint, nominate, constitute
(hypernym) establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
(hyponym) pack
(derivation) appointment, assignment, designation, naming
5. mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
(hypernym) specify, set, determine, fix, limit
6. identify as in botany or biology, for example
(synonym) identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe
(entail) classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate
7. make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
(synonym) mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer
(hypernym) think of, have in mind, mean
(hyponym) commend, remember
8. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
(synonym) list
(hypernym) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
9. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
(synonym) diagnose
(hypernym) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
(hyponym) explore