name
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: communication
2. a person's reputation
- he wanted to protect his good name
Definition categories: state, reputation, repute
3. family based on male descent
- he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
Similar word(s): gens
Definition categories: group, family, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
4. a well-known or notable person
- they studied all the great names in the history of France
Similar word(s): figure
Definition categories: person, personage
5. by the sanction or authority of
- halt in the name of the law
Definition categories: act, sanction
6. a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Similar word(s): epithet
Definition categories: communication, calumniation, calumny, defamation, obloquy, traducement
Sentences with name as a noun:
- I've never liked the name my parents gave me so I changed it at the age of twenty.
verb
1. assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
- They named their son David
- The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Similar word(s): call
Definition categories: communication, label
2. 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
Similar word(s): identify
Definition categories: communication, denote, refer
3. charge with a function; charge to be
- She was named Head of the Committee
Similar word(s): make, nominate
Definition categories: social, appoint, charge
4. create and charge with a task or function
Similar word(s): appoint, constitute, nominate
Definition categories: social, constitute, establish, found, institute, plant
5. mention and identify by name
- name your accomplices!
Definition categories: communication, define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify
6. make reference to
- His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Similar word(s): advert, cite, mention, refer
Definition categories: communication, mean
7. identify as in botany or biology, for example
Similar word(s): describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key
Definition categories: cognition
8. give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
Similar word(s): list
Definition categories: communication, enumerate, itemise, itemize, recite
9. determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Similar word(s): diagnose
Definition categories: cognition, analyse, analyze, canvass, examine, study
Sentences with name as a verb:
- He named his demands.
- You name it!
- The painter was named as an accomplice.
- My neighbor was named to the steering committee.