names

The word “names” has 2 syllables: na-mes.

It's pronounced as /neɪmz/.


What is synonym and antonym for names?

In the thesaurus, “names” has 77 synonyms and 35 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for names along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for names

  • announce
  • appearances
  • appoint
  • appoints
  • assigns
  • brand
  • call
  • calls
  • celebrities
  • character
  • chooses
  • cite
  • cites
  • constitutes
  • decides
  • declare
  • designate
  • designates
  • details
  • dignitaries
  • dub
  • dubs
  • effects
  • elect
  • epithets
  • faces
  • figures
  • flag
  • identify
  • impressions
  • indicates
  • instances
  • insults
  • label
  • labels
  • list
  • make
  • mention
  • mentions
  • monikers
  • nickname
  • nicknames
  • nomenclatures
  • nominate
  • nominates
  • note
  • notes
  • notices
  • offences
  • opts
  • outrages
  • personalities
  • personality
  • picks
  • places
  • quotes
  • recognize
  • refer to
  • reputation
  • reputations
  • reputes
  • sarcasms
  • select
  • selects
  • sets
  • sign
  • signature
  • single out
  • specifies
  • star
  • stars
  • style
  • styles
  • suggest
  • term
  • terms
  • titles

Antonyms for names

  • accolades
  • commendations
  • compliments
  • declines
  • deny
  • discharges
  • discredit
  • disgraces
  • dishonors
  • dismisses
  • disregards
  • expels
  • fires
  • forgets
  • ignominies
  • ignore
  • ignores
  • infamies
  • mediocrities
  • neglects
  • nobodies
  • obloquies
  • odiums
  • opprobriums
  • overlooks
  • passes over
  • praises
  • refuse
  • refuses
  • reject
  • rejects
  • removes
  • reproaches
  • shames
  • turns down

Meanings of names

  • noun
    1. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
    2. Reputation.
    3. An abusive or insulting epithet.
    4. A person (or legal person).
    5. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
    6. A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
    7. An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
    8. Authority.
    9. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
  • verb
    1. (ditransitive) To give a name to.
    2. To mention, specify.
    3. To identify as relevant or important.
    4. To publicly implicate.
    5. To designate for a role.
    6. (Westminster system politics) To initiate a process to temporarily remove a member of parliament who is breaking the rules of conduct.

Example Sentences

  • She collected names from everyone at the party.
  • The teacher called out the names of the students for attendance.
  • They engraved their names on the lock they attached to the bridge.
  • Names of famous artists adorned the walls of the art gallery.
  • In the bustling market, vendors shouted out the names of their products.

On this page you'll find 112 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to names, such as: accolades, announce, appearances, appoint, appoints, assigns, brand.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

calls

  • abandons
  • aborts
  • address
  • announce
  • appeal
  • appoint
  • ask
  • asks
  • barks
  • calculates
  • calling
  • cancels
  • charge
  • claim
  • claims
  • conclusions
  • considers
  • contact
  • counts
  • cries
  • cry
  • decisions
  • declare
  • demands
  • denominates
  • designates
  • determinations
  • dials
  • dub
  • dubs
  • entitles
  • estimates
  • figures
  • hail
  • hails
  • howls
  • inquiries
  • invitation
  • invite
  • invites
  • labels
  • makes
  • markets
  • messages
  • musters
  • name
  • names
  • nicknames
  • nominates
  • note
  • opinions
  • order
  • orders
  • phone
  • phones
  • place
  • play
  • plea
  • predict
  • predicts
  • proposal
  • put
  • puts
  • queries
  • questions
  • reads
  • reason
  • recalls
  • regards
  • request
  • requests
  • require
  • revokes
  • rights
  • roars
  • scraps
  • see
  • shouts
  • signal
  • styles
  • summon
  • summons
  • supposes
  • telephone
  • term
  • terms
  • titles
  • verdicts
  • visit
  • visitations
  • visits
  • yells

faces

  • air
  • allow
  • appearances
  • aspect
  • birds
  • bodies
  • borders
  • challenge
  • cheek
  • clothes
  • confront
  • confronts
  • countenances
  • creatures
  • deal with
  • effects
  • encases
  • encounter
  • encounters
  • endure
  • experience
  • expressions
  • exteriors
  • facades
  • façades
  • features
  • fight
  • finish
  • front
  • fronts
  • frowns
  • grimaces
  • guys
  • humans
  • image
  • impressions
  • individuals
  • light
  • lives
  • look
  • looks
  • mask
  • meet
  • meets
  • men
  • mouths
  • names
  • oppose
  • overlooks
  • people
  • presences
  • resemblances
  • risk
  • run into
  • scowls
  • smiles
  • suffer
  • surface
  • surfaces
  • take
  • things
  • top
  • visages
  • watch

family names

handles

  • accepts
  • addresses
  • banners
  • cognomina
  • conducts
  • controls
  • designations
  • endures
  • epithets
  • governs
  • grips
  • hilts
  • manages
  • manipulates
  • monikers
  • names
  • negotiates
  • nicknames
  • nomenclatures
  • operates
  • oversees
  • regulates
  • runs
  • serves
  • stands
  • supervises
  • surnames
  • sustains
  • takes
  • titles
  • tolerates
  • treats
  • uses

labels

  • calls
  • captions
  • characterize
  • classify
  • company
  • define
  • design
  • designate
  • dubs
  • identify
  • logo
  • markers
  • marks
  • names
  • number
  • specify
  • stamp
  • stamps
  • sticker
  • styles
  • tag
  • tags
  • terms
  • tickets
  • titles
  • trademark

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