Synonyms for name

Noun

1. name, language unit, linguistic unit

usage: 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"

2. name, sanction

usage: by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"

3. name, repute, reputation

usage: a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"

4. name, figure, public figure, important person, influential person, personage

usage: 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"

5. name, gens, family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry

usage: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"

6. name, epithet, defamation, calumny, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job

usage: a defamatory or abusive word or phrase; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"

Verb

1. name, call, label

usage: assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"

2. name, identify, denote, refer

usage: 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"

3. name, nominate, make, appoint, charge

usage: charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"

4. appoint, name, nominate, constitute, establish, found, plant, constitute, institute

usage: create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"

5. name, specify, set, determine, fix, limit

usage: mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"

6. identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name

usage: identify as in botany or biology, for example

7. mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer, think of, have in mind, mean

usage: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"

8. list, name, enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise

usage: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"

9. diagnose, name, analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas

usage: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis