name | (noun) by the sanction or authority of | - |
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(noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known | - |
(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: epithet |
(noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: gens |
(noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: figure, public figure |
(noun) a person's reputation | - |
(verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: diagnose |
(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out |
(verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: identify |
(verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, call, know as |
(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer |
(verb) mention and identify by name | - |
(verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: list |
(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, nominate |
(verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, nominate |
namedrop | (verb) refer to people that one assumes one's interlocutors admire in order to try to impress them | - |
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nameko | (noun) one of the most important fungi cultivated in Japan | Synonyms: Pholiota nameko, viscid mushroom |
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nameless | (adjective) being or having an unknown or unnamed source | Synonyms: unidentified, unknown, unnamed |
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namelessness | (noun) the state of being anonymous | Synonyms: anonymity |
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namely | (adverb) as follows | Synonyms: that is to say, to wit, videlicet, viz. |
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nameplate | (noun) a plate bearing a name | - |
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namer | (noun) a person who gives a name or names | - |
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names | (noun) verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument | Synonyms: name calling |
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namesake | (noun) a person with the same name as another | - |
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naming | (adjective) inclined to or serving for the giving of names | Synonyms: appellative |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, assignment, designation |
(noun) the verbal act of naming | - |
nammad | (noun) an embroidered rug made from a coarse Indian felt | Synonyms: numdah, numdah rug |
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