1. name - noun
· 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"
Hypernym(s): language_unit, linguistic_unit
2. name - noun
· a person's reputation; "he wanted to protect his good name"
Hypernym(s): repute, reputation
3. name - noun
· family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
Synonym(s): gens
Hypernym(s): family, family_line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
4. name - noun
· a well-known or notable person; "they studied all the great names in the history of France"; "she is an important figure in modern music"
Synonym(s): figure, public_figure
Hypernym(s): important_person, influential_person, personage
5. name - noun
· by the sanction or authority of; "halt in the name of the law"
Hypernym(s): sanction
6. name - noun
· a defamatory or abusive word or phrase
Synonym(s): epithet
Hypernym(s): defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet_job
7. name - verb
· assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
Synonym(s): call, know_as, be_known_as
Hypernym(s): label
8. name - verb
· 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"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
Synonym(s): identify
9. name - verb
· charge with a function; charge to be; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
10. name - verb
· create and charge with a task or function; "nominate a committee"
Synonym(s): appoint, nominate, constitute
Hypernym(s): establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
11. name - verb
· mention and identify by name; "name your accomplices!"
Hypernym(s): specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit
12. name - verb
· make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
Synonym(s): mention, advert, bring_up, cite, refer
Hypernym(s): think_of, have_in_mind, mean
13. name - verb
· identify as in botany or biology, for example
Synonym(s): identify, discover, key, key_out, distinguish, describe
14. name - verb
· give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of; "List the states west of the Mississippi"
Synonym(s): list
Hypernym(s): enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
15. name - verb
· determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Synonym(s): diagnose
Hypernym(s): analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass
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