name

Plural: names

Noun

• 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"
• a person's reputation
  • "he wanted to protect his good name"
• family based on male descent
  • "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
• a well-known or notable person
  • "they studied all the great names in the history of France"
• by the sanction or authority of
  • "halt in the name of the law"
• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
• Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• A reputation.
• An abusive or insulting epithet.
• A person (or legal person).
• Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• An authority; a behalf.
• An identifier, generally a unique string of characters.
• An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability.
• Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

Verb

Verb Forms: named, naming, names

• To give a designation or title to someone or something.
• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
  • "They named their son David"
  • "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
• 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"
• charge with a function; charge to be
  • "She was named Head of the Committee"
• create and charge with a task or function
• mention and identify by name
  • "name your accomplices!"
• make reference to
  • "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
• identify as in botany or biology, for example
• give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
• determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
• To give a name to.
• To mention, specify.
• To identify as relevant or important
• To publicly implicate by name.
• To disclose the name of.
• To designate for a role.
• To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Examples

• Halt in the name of the law!
• He named his demands.
• I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
• My neighbor was named to the steering committee.
• naming the problem
• One visitor named Hou Yugang said he was not too concerned about climate change and Baishui’s melting.
• Police are not naming the suspect as he is a minor.
• Stop calling me names!
• The painter was named as an accomplice.
• What's your name? Puddintane. Ask me again and I'll tell you the same.
• When she found the letters N-A-M-E on her rack, she instantly knew she’d be able to name a high-scoring word in Scrabble.
• You have to pot the ball in the pocket you've named.
• You name it!

Synonyms

advert, appoint, bring up, call, cite, constitute, describe, diagnose, discover, distinguish, epithet, figure, gens, identify, key, key out, list, make, mention, nominate, public figure, refer, bename, cush-cush, denominate, designate, dub, greater yam, name, nomenclature, proper name, specify

Related Words

alias, anonymous, appellation, christen, cognomen, epithet, moniker, namely, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nominal, pseudonym, sobriquet, NAMEABLE

Anagrams of name