Appellation synonyms

ăp'ə-lā'shən

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appellative
A common noun.
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epithet
Epithet is defined as a term used to give a characteristic to whatever or whomever is being described.
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designation
A pointing out; indication
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label
(Computing) A user-defined alias for a numerical designation, the reverse of an enumeration.
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name
Representation or repute, as opposed to reality:
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title
The definition of a title is the name of a person's job, the name of a creative work or a word used before someone's name to indicate his or her status.
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appelation (related)
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controlee (related)
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cognomen
Any family name; surname; last name
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nickname
A descriptive name added to or replacing the actual name of a person, place, or thing.
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denomination
(Countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals; a category; as, the denomination of units, or of thousands, or of fourths, or of shillings, or of tons.
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style
(Printing) A particular manner of dealing with spelling, punctuation, word division, etc., as by a specific publisher, newspaper, etc.
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tag
A card, ticket, plastic marker, etc. tied or attached to something as a label or worn as identification, etc.
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specific (related)
Specific is someone or something that is specially suited for a purpose or need.
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words (related)
The word or words by which one is called and identified
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hyponym
A word whose meaning is included in the meaning of another more general word; for example, bus is a hyponym of vehicle.
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nomen
The second of the three names of an ancient Roman, following the praenomen and preceding the cognomen (Ex.: Marcus Tullius Cicero)
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terroir (related)
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handle
An alternate name or nickname, especially one chosen for self-identification on online forums or citizens band radio.
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moniker
A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
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euonym
(Rare) A name well suited to a person, place or thing so named
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  • According to the Hebrew consonants it might simply be read "the king" (melek), an appellation for the supreme deity of a Semitic state or tribe.

  • It was he who described the appellation D.D.

  • The appellation then became general, and occurs frequently in Ammianus Marcellinus.

  • South of the Meuse, and in the district distinguished by the appellation " Between Sambre and Meuse," the level is still greater, and the whole of the province of Luxemburg is above 500 ft., with altitudes up to 1650 ft.

  • Captain John Smith, in his History of Virginia (1626), at p. 27 speaks of "Martins, Powlecats, Weesels and Minkes," showing that the animal must at that time have been distinguished by a vernacular appellation from its congeners.

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