Antonyms for name


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : neym
Phonetic Transcription : neɪm


Definition of name

Origin :
  • Old English nama, noma "name, reputation," from Proto-Germanic *namon (cf. Old Saxon namo, Old Frisian nama, Old High German namo, German Name, Middle Dutch name, Dutch naam, Old Norse nafn, Gothic namo "name"), from PIE *nomn- (cf. Sanskrit nama; Avestan nama; Greek onoma, onyma; Latin nomen; Old Church Slavonic ime, genitive imene; Russian imya; Old Irish ainm; Old Welsh anu "name").
  • Meaning "famous person" is from 1610s. Meaning "one's reputation" is from c.1300. As a modifier meaning "well-known," first attested 1938. Name brand is from 1944; name-calling attested from 1846; name-dropper first recorded 1947. name-tag is from 1903; name-child attested from 1845. The name of the game "the essential thing or quality" is from 1966; to have one's name in lights "be a famous performer" is from 1929.
  • He who once a good name gets,May piss a bed, and say he sweats.["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
  • noun title given to something, someone
  • noun fame, distinction
  • noun celebrity
  • verb give a title
  • verb choose, designate
Example sentences :
  • He took the card from the florist's envelope and glanced at the name.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "The name of Socrates recalls Alcibiades to my mind," rejoined Anaxagoras.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Hence the hair of the deceased was consecrated to her, and her name invoked at funerals.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Say, honestly, I didn't know my own name till I had a chanst to look me over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • There's a broker I've known down-town—fellow by the name of Relpin.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Robert was right in calling him a miser, but he had not always deserved the name.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He went over to the desk and began to scribble a name on the pad of paper.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • It was his habit to affect that he constantly forgot his mother's name.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • His arms tightened about her as he said the name over and over.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And there was the wench too—he had fairly forgotten her name.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for name

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