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Name

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Verb group 4

Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Call 84% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Narrower term 22

Agnomen 76% connected

An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

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Alias 76% connected

Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose tru…

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Anonym 76% connected

One who is anonymous; also sometimes used for "pseudonym."

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Appellation 76% connected

The act of appealing; appeal.

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Appellative 76% connected

Pertaining to a common name; serving as a distinctive denomination; denominative; naming.

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Brand 76% connected

A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.

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Cognomen 76% connected

The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

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Denomination 76% connected

The act of naming or designating.

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Designation 76% connected

The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.

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Eponym 76% connected

Alt. of Eponyme

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Forename 76% connected

A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.

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Influencer 76% connected

One who, or that which, influences.

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Marque 76% connected

A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals.

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Matronymic 76% connected

See Metronymic.

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Metronymic 76% connected

Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation.

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Misnomer 76% connected

The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or…

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Nickname 76% connected

A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

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Patronymic 76% connected

Derived from ancestors; as, a patronymic denomination.

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Pseudonym 76% connected

A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name.

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Signature 76% connected

A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal.

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Surname 76% connected

A name or appellation which is added to, or over and above, the baptismal or Christian name, and becomes a family name.

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Broader term 39

Analyse 76% connected

Alt. of Analyser

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Analyze 76% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

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Appoint 76% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

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Calumniation 76% connected

False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.

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Calumny 76% connected

False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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Canvass 76% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Constitute 76% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

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Defamation 76% connected

Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…

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Define 76% connected

To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end.

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Denote 76% connected

To mark out plainly; to signify by a visible sign; to serve as the sign or name of; to indicate; to point out; as, the hands of the clock denote the…

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Determine 76% connected

To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate.

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Enumerate 76% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

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Establish 76% connected

To make stable or firm; to fix immovably or firmly; to set (a thing) in a place and make it stable there; to settle; to confirm.

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Examine 76% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

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Family 76% connected

The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as…

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Folk 76% connected

Alt. of Folks

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Found 76% connected

of Find

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Institute 76% connected

Established; organized; founded.

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Itemize 76% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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Kinsfolk 76% connected

Relatives; kindred; kin; persons of the same family or closely or closely related families.

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

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Limit 76% connected

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk, of a town, of a…

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Mean 76% connected

To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.; to intend; to purpose; to design; as, what do you mean to do ?

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Obloquy 76% connected

Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

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Personage 76% connected

Form, appearance, or belongings of a person; the external appearance, stature, figure, air, and the like, of a person.

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Phratry 76% connected

A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.

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Plant 76% connected

A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though c…

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Recite 76% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Reputation 76% connected

The estimation in which one is held; character in public opinion; the character attributed to a person, thing, or action; repute.

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Repute 76% connected

To hold in thought; to account; to estimate; to hold; to think; to reckon.

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Sanction 76% connected

Solemn or ceremonious ratification; an official act of a superior by which he ratifies and gives validity to the act of some other person or body; es…

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Sept 76% connected

A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; -- used especially of the ancient clans in Ireland.

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Set 76% connected

of Set

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Specify 76% connected

To mention or name, as a particular thing; to designate in words so as to distinguish from other things; as, to specify the uses of a plant; to speci…

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Traducement 76% connected

The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

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Announce 76% connected

To give public notice, or first notice of; to make known; to publish; to proclaim.

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Appeal 76% connected

To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injust…

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Baptize 76% connected

To administer the sacrament of baptism to.

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Christen 76% connected

To baptize and give a Christian name to.

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Cite 76% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Commend 76% connected

To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

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Dub 76% connected

To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.

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Entitle 76% connected

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle…

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Enumerate 76% connected

To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a s…

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Explore 76% connected

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

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Invoke 76% connected

To call on for aid or protection; to invite earnestly or solemnly; to summon; to address in prayer; to solicit or demand by invocation; to implore; a…

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Itemize 76% connected

To state in items, or by particulars; as, to itemize the cost of a railroad.

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List 76% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Nickname 76% connected

A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.

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Number 76% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Pack 76% connected

A pact.

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Quote 76% connected

To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as,…

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Raise 76% connected

To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Recite 76% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

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Remember 76% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

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Rename 76% connected

To give a new name to.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Tag 76% connected

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

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Term 76% connected

That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.

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Title 76% connected

An inscription put over or upon anything as a name by which it is known.

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Identification 74% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Identification 74% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Identity 74% connected

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

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Identity 74% connected

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.

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Naming 74% connected

of Name

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Naming 74% connected

of Name

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Entails 5

Assort 72% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

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Class 72% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Classify 72% connected

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

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Separate 72% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

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Sort 72% connected

Chance; lot; destiny.

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Synonym 19

Advert 92% connected

To turn the mind or attention; to refer; to take heed or notice; -- with to; as, he adverted to what was said.

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Appoint 92% connected

To fix with power or firmness; to establish; to mark out.

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Call 92% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Cite 92% connected

To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

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Constitute 92% connected

To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

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Describe 92% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Diagnose 92% connected

To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.

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Discover 92% connected

To uncover.

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Distinguish 92% connected

Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic.

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Epithet 92% connected

An adjective expressing some quality, attribute, or relation, that is properly or specially appropriate to a person or thing; as, a just man; a verda…

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Figure 92% connected

The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.

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Gens 92% connected

A clan or family connection, embracing several families of the same stock, who had a common name and certain common religious rites; a subdivision of…

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Identify 92% connected

To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider…

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Key 92% connected

An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lo…

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List 92% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

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Make 92% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Mention 92% connected

A speaking or notice of anything, -- usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase to make mention of.

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Nominate 92% connected

To mention by name; to name.

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Refer 92% connected

To carry or send back.

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