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name

noun

1 her name's Gemma:

title, denomination, designation, honorific, tag, epithet, label;

Indian naam;

informal moniker, handle;

formal appellation, cognomen;

rare allonym, anonym, appellative.

2 as usual, the big race will lure the top names:

celebrity, star, superstar, VIP, famous person, important person, leading light, celebutante, big name, luminary, mogul, person of note, dignitary, personage, worthy;

expert, authority, lion;

informal celeb, somebody, megastar, big noise, big shot, bigwig, big cheese, big gun, big wheel, big fish.

3 he made his name as one of the greatest steeplechase jockeys of our time | this may damage the good name of the firm:

reputation, character, repute, standing, stature, honor, esteem, prestige, cachet, kudos;

fame, celebrity, renown, popularity, notability, note, distinction, eminence, prominence;

Indian izzat.

□ give someone or something a bad name

the gas guzzling machinery that gives the country such a bad name:

vilify, disparage, denigrate, defame, cast aspersions on, run down, impugn, revile, belittle, abuse, insult, slight, attack, speak badly of, speak ill of, speak evil of, pour scorn on, criticize, censure, condemn, decry, denounce, pillory;

malign, slander, libel, conduct a smear campaign against, spread lies about, blacken the name/reputation of, sully the reputation of, bring into disrepute, discredit, stigmatize, traduce, calumniate, slur;

informal bad-mouth, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, throw mud at, drag through the mud, knock, slam, pan, roast, bad-mouth, throw brickbats at;

British, informal rubbish, slag off, monster, slate;

North American, informal pummel, dump on;

Australian, New Zealand, informal bag;

rare derogate, vituperate, asperse, vilipend.

verb

1 they named the child Phoebe:

call, give a name to, dub;

label, style, term, title, entitle;

baptize, christen;

archaic clepe;

rare denominate.

2 the driver of the car was later named as Jason Penter:

identify, specify, cite, give, mention.

3 on March 19th, he named his successor:

choose, select, pick, decide on, nominate, designate, appoint, delegate, assign.

word links	name
nominal, onomastic relating to names -onym related suffix, as in pseudonym, synonym onomatophobia fear of names