Word Meanings - NAME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namo, L. nomen , Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. naman. sq. root267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether

Additional info about word: NAME

Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. namo, L. nomen , Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. naman. sq. root267. Cf. Anonymous, Ignominy, Misnomer, 1. The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class. Whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Gen. ii. 19. What's in a name That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Shak. 2. A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts. His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Is. ix. 6. 3. Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction. What men of name resort to him Shak. Far above ... every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. Eph. i. 21. I will get me a name and honor in the kingdom. 1 Macc. iii. 14. He hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin. Deut. xxii. 19. The king's army ...had left no good name behind. Clarendon. 4. Those of a certain name; a race; a family. The ministers of the republic, mortal enemies of his name, came every day to pay their feigned civilities. Motley. 5. A person, an individual. They list with women each degenerate name. Dryden. Christian name. The name a person receives at baptism, as distinguished from surname; baptismal name. A given name, whether received at baptism or not. -- Given name. See under Given. -- In name, in profession, or by title only; not in reality; as, a friend in name. -- In the name of. In behalf of; by the authority of. " I charge you in the duke's name to obey me." Shak. In the represented or assumed character of. " I'll to him again in name of Brook." Shak. -- Name plate, a plate as of metal, glass, etc., having a name upon it, as a sign; a doorplate. -- Pen name, a name assumed by an author; a pseudonym or nom de plume. Bayard Taylor. -- Proper name , a name applied to a particular person, place, or thing. -- To call names, to apply opprobrious epithets to; to call by reproachful appellations. -- To take a name in vain, to use a name lightly or profanely; to use a name in making flippant or dishonest oaths. Ex. xx. 7. Syn. -- Appellation; title; designation; cognomen; denomination; epithet. -- Name, Appellation, Title, Denomination. Name is generic, denoting that combination of sounds or letters by which a person or thing is known and distinguished. Appellation, although sometimes put for name simply, denotes, more properly, a descriptive term, used by way of marking some individual peculiarity or characteristic; as, Charles the Bold, Philip the Stammerer. A title is a term employed to point out one's rank, office, etc.; as, the Duke of Bedford, Paul the Apostle, etc. Denomination is to particular bodies what appellation is to individuals; thus, the church of Christ is divided into different denominations, as Congregationalists, Episcopalians, Presbyterians, etc.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NAME)

• Adduce
• Allege
• apply
• cite
• advance
• offer
• introduce
• produce
• add
• import
• name
• mention
• quote
• Appellation
• Name
• patronymic
• cognomen
• style
• description
• designation
• title
• denomination
• term
• Cite
• Summon
• call
• adduce
• select
• refer to
• Denominate
• designate
• specify
• denote
• Denomination
• kind
• class
• order
• appellation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of NAME)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease
• Misname
• miscall
• misdesignate
• misindicate
• hint
• suggest
• shadow
• adumbrate
• Lump
• confound
• sweep

Related words: (words related to NAME)

• TITLELESS
  Not having a title or name; without legitimate title. "A titleless tyrant." Chaucer.
• CLASSIFIC
  Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
• COGNOMEN
  A surname. (more info) 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
• CLASSIFICATORY
  Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• CLASSICISM
  A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.
• OFFER
  ferre to bear, bring. The English word was influenced by F. offrir to 1. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up. Thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for
• SUGGESTER
  One who suggests. Beau. & Fl.
• TITLED
  Having or bearing a title.
• SUGGEST
  1. To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects. Some ideas . . . are suggested to the mind by all the ways of sensation and reflection. Locke. 2. To propose with difference or modesty;
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• SHADOWY
  1. Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow. "Shadowy verdure." Fenton. This shadowy desert, unfrequented woods. Shak. 2. Hence, dark; obscure; gloomy; dim. "The shadowy past." Longfellow. 3. Not brightly luminous; faintly light. The moon
• OFFERER
  One who offers; esp., one who offers something to God in worship. Hooker.
• CLASSIS
  An ecclesiastical body or judicat (more info) 1. A class or order; sort; kind. His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.
• IMPORTUNELY
  In an importune manner.
• TITLER
  A large truncated cone of refined sugar.
• DENOTEMENT
  Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare.
• PATRONYMIC
  Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• STYLET
  A small poniard; a stiletto. An instrument for examining wounds and fistulas, and for passing setons, and the like; a probe, -- called also specillum. A stiff wire, inserted in catheters or other tubular instruments to maintain their shape
• FORESHADOW
  To shadow or typi Dryden.
• SADDUCEEISM; SADDUCISM
  The tenets of the Sadducees.
• ENSWEEP
  To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. Thomson.
• ARAEOSTYLE
  See INTERCOLUMNIATION
• CYCLOSTYLE
  A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• SURSTYLE
  To surname.