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Noun: names neymz- Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
"sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me" - name calling Noun: name neym- 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" - gens - A well-known or notable person
"they studied all the great names in the history of France" - figure, public figure - By the sanction or authority of
"halt in the name of the law" - A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
- epithet Verb: name neym- Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
"They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" - call - 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" - identify - Charge with a function; charge to be
"She was named Head of the Committee" - nominate, make - Create and charge with a task or function
- appoint, nominate, constitute - Mention and identify by name
"name your accomplices!" - Make reference to
"His name was mentioned in connection with the invention" - mention, advert, bring up, cite, refer - Identify as in botany or biology, for example
- identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe - Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
- list - Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
- diagnose
See also: namer, naming, nominal Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], appoint, calumniation, calumny, canvas, canvass, charge, constitute, defamation, define, denote, determine, enumerate, establish, examine, family, family line, fix, folk, found, hatchet job, have in mind, important person, influential person, institute, itemise [Brit], itemize, kinfolk, kinsfolk, label, language unit, limit, linguistic unit, mean, obloquy, personage, phratry, plant, recite, refer, reputation, repute, sanction, sept, set, specify, study, think of, traducement Encyclopedia: Name Name, Hindu mythology Names, Christian Names Names, Ottoman Empire Names, Hebrew |