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name
  1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
  2. Reputation.
  3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
  4. A person (or legal person).
  5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
  6. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
  7. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
  8. Authority.
  9. Synonyms:
      10. title, denomination, designation, handle, appellation, moniker, cognomen, epithet, appellative, identification, label, monicker, tag, byname, compellation, denotation, honorific, namesake, nickname, nomenclature, term, alias, allonym, anonym, forename, inscription, mark, naam, pseudonym, signature, sobriquet, surname, agname, agnomen, autograph, autonym, brand, credit, eponym, flag, heading, legend, matronymic, nomen, patronymic, prenomen, rubric, salutation, style, head … more
  10. Examples:
      11. “Write down your name on the first page of the form.”
      “She's carved a good name for herself through her works of charity.”
      “Bill Gates is perhaps the most famous name in the annals of personal computers and operating systems.”
naming
  1. A ritual or ceremony in which a name is given to a person.
  2. The process of giving names to things.
  3. The act of announcing the name of a person, organization etc.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. identification, defining, designating, designation, detailing, labeling, labelling, individuation, baptism, christening, nomenclature, definition, description, statement, stipulation, stating, particularizing, enumeration, qualification, prescription, particularization, prescribing, stipulating, detail, specification, particularising, setting out, setting down, spelling out, itemizing, instancing, describing, framing, citing, cataloguing, enumerating, listing, ordaining, itemization, commanding, terminology, cataloging, itemising, classification, classing, identifying, earmarking, pinpointing, indication, pigeonhole … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “If more and more people are involved, the naming of process artifacts becomes more inconsistent, ambiguous, and unstructured.”
      “The movement demanded the recovery of the relic and the naming of the culprit.”
nameplate
  1. A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
  2. The masthead of a newspaper.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. sign, plaque, plate, panel, notice, tablet, cartouche, medallion, brass, plaquette, door plate, slab, memorial, medal, brooch, badge, patch, tile, inscription, decoration, commemoration, disk, disc, stone plate, memorial tablet, metal plate, tombstone, gravestone, stone, headstone, cenotaph, marker, doorplate, name plate, house sign, monument, memorial stone, obelisk, monolith … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The old Chevy nameplate could prove the unlikely rescuer of a troubled Korean brand.”
      “York took a moment to note the name on his brass nameplate before standing up.”
      “The huge horse was in the third stall on the left, a brass nameplate on the half-door shining in the lamplight.”
name
  1. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. title, denomination, designation, handle, appellation, moniker, cognomen, epithet, appellative, identification, label, monicker, tag, byname, compellation, denotation, honorific, namesake, nickname, nomenclature, term, alias, allonym, anonym, forename, inscription, mark, naam, pseudonym, signature, sobriquet, surname, agname, agnomen, autograph, autonym, brand, credit, eponym, flag, heading, legend, matronymic, nomen, patronymic, prenomen, rubric, salutation, style, head … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Write down your name on the first page of the form.”
      “She's carved a good name for herself through her works of charity.”
      “Bill Gates is perhaps the most famous name in the annals of personal computers and operating systems.”
namechanger
  1. (rare) Someone who or something which changes their or someone else's name.
namelessness
  1. The state or quality of being nameless.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anonymity, facelessness, obscureness, obscurity, ambiguity, darkness, dimness, fuzziness, indistinctness, silence, clandestineness, covertness, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mystery, mystique, secrecy, secretiveness, impenetrability, stealthiness, cloak and dagger, stealth, vagueness, nebulousness, furtiveness, unfathomableness, surreptitiousness, romance, mysteriousness, enigma, numinousness, uncanniness, incomprehensibility, uncertainty, ambiguousness … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “But there is a strange namelessness about everything that helps the film avoid conventionality or specificity.”
      “Though she is a lauded professional, she can identify with the namelessness that shrouds historical women figures like Sally Hemings.”
      “The husband's namelessness foreshadows the decline in his authority and his reduced function in the story.”
nameling
  1. (rare, archaic) Any of a group of people sharing the same name
nameableness
  1. The quality of being nameable.
namer
  1. One who names, or calls by name.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. picker, chooser, selector, panel member, committee member, jury member, member of selection panel
  3. Examples:
      4. “He came to the profession from a background in devising cryptic crosswords and says it takes a particular type of person to make a good horse namer.”
      “Linnaeus, that great Swedish namer of plants, was pretty circumspect too when he called it Lycopersicon esculentum, the edible wolf-peach.”
      “In each case, though, both the namer and the named seemed to be acting altruistically.”
namedness
  1. Quality of being named.
namelessnesses
  1. plural of namelessness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. anonymities, facelessness, obscurenesses, obscurities, ambiguities, darknesses, dimnesses, fuzzinesses, indistinctnesses, silences, clandestineness, covertness, inscrutability, inscrutableness, mysteries, mystiques, secrecies, secretiveness, impenetrabilities, stealthinesses, stealths, vaguenesses, nebulousness, furtivenesses, unfathomableness, surreptitiousness, romances, uncertainties, ambiguousnesses, unknownnesses, unfamiliarities, inconsequences, inconspicuousness, unimportance, ingloriousness, oblivions, insignificances, nowheres, nowheresville, limbos, twilights, anonymousness, privacies, concealments, invisibilities … more
namechangers
  1. plural of namechanger
nameplates
  1. plural of nameplate
  2. Synonyms:
      3. signs, plaque, plate, panels, notices, medallions, brass, cartouches, plaquettes, tablets, medals, disks, inscriptions, patches, decorations, discs, brooches, commemorations, badges, tiles, memorials, slabs, doorplates, headstones, gravestones, tombstones, stones, mastheads, banners, headers, headings, imprints, strip, titles … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “There is a rule that not just company nameplates but also all public hoardings should have their messages in Kannada, too.”
      “We did try to get the current owner of the locomotive to donate one of the nameplates which could be displayed at Blackpool North.”
      “She said orders have been issued for Urdu nameplates and route plates which will be seen very soon.”
namelings
  1. plural of nameling
namings
  1. plural of naming
  2. Synonyms:
      3. identification, designation, detailings, labelings, labellings, individuation, baptism, christenings, nomenclature, description, statements, enumerations, specifications, qualifications, definition, stipulations, statings, prescription, detail, particularizations, listings, terminology, citings, cataloguing, itemizations, catalogings, commandings, indications, classification, earmarkings, pigeonholes, recognition, placings, discernings, fingerings, spottings, identities, confirmation, locations, detection, establishment, ascertainments, fixings, appointments … more
namers
  1. plural of namer
  2. Synonyms:
      3. pickers, choosers, selectors
  3. Examples:
      4. “This dilemma illustrates one of the many examples in which species namers did us no favors.”
names
  1. plural of name
  2. Synonyms:
      3. titles, denomination, designation, handles, appellations, monikers, cognomens, epithets, appellatives, identification, labels, monickers, tags, bynames, compellations, denotations, honorifics, namesakes, nicknames, nomenclature, terms, aliases, allonyms, anonyms, forenames, inscriptions, marks, naam, pseudonyms, signatures, sobriquets, surnames, agnames, agnomina, autographs, autonyms, brands, credit, eponyms, flags, headings, legend, matronymics, nomina, patronymics, prenomens, rubrics, salutations, styles, head … more
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