names

Noun

• verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
  • "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me"
• a language unit by which a person or thing is known
  • "those are two names for the same thing"
• a person's reputation
• family based on male descent
• a well-known or notable person
  • "they studied all the great names in the history of France"
• by the sanction or authority of
• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
• plural of name

Verb

• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
• charge with a function; charge to be
• create and charge with a task or function
• mention and identify by name
• make reference to
• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of name

Synonyms

advert, appoint, bring up, call, cite, constitute, describe, diagnose, discover, distinguish, epithet, figure, gens, identify, key, key out, list, make, mention, name, name calling, nominate, public figure, refer