DICTOMETER

NAMES

(name, names, nombre, fornavn, navn)

1. Synonyms:
   • Name calling
   • Names
   Definitions:
   • verbal abuse
   • a crude substitute for argument
   Examples:
   • Sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • a language unit by which a person or thing is known
   Examples:
   • His name really is George Washington
   • Those are two names for the same thing
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • a person's reputation
   Examples:
   • He wanted to protect his good name
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Gens
   Definitions:
   • family based on male descent
   Examples:
   • He had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Figure
   • Public figure
   Definitions:
   • a well-known or notable person
   Examples:
   • They studied all the great names in the history of France
   • She is an important figure in modern music
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • by the sanction or authority of
   Examples:
   • Halt in the name of the law
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Epithet
   Definitions:
   • a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Call
   Definitions:
   • assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
   Examples:
   • They named their son David
   • The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Identify
   Definitions:
   • give the name or identifying characteristics of
   • refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
   Examples:
   • Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
   • The almanac identifies the auspicious months
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Name
   • Nominate
   • Make
   Definitions:
   • charge with a function
   • charge to be
   Examples:
   • She was named Head of the Committee
   • She was made president of the club
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Appoint
   • Name
   • Nominate
   • Constitute
   Definitions:
   • create and charge with a task or function
   Examples:
   • Nominate a committee
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • mention and identify by name
   Examples:
   • Name your accomplices!
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Mention
   • Advert
   • Bring up
   • Cite
   • Name
   • Refer
   Definitions:
   • make reference to
   Examples:
   • His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Identify
   • Discover
   • Key
   • Key out
   • Distinguish
   • Describe
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • identify as in botany or biology, for example
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • List
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • give or make a list of
   • name individually
   • give the names of
   Examples:
   • List the states west of the Mississippi
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Diagnose
   • Name
   Definitions:
   • determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis