name




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"

Type of:
  • language unit; linguistic unit

Types:
  • agnomen
  • assumed name; fictitious name; Doing Business As; DBA
  • eponym
  • eponym
  • filename; file name; computer filename; computer file name
  • patronymic; patronym
  • matronymic; metronymic
  • street name
  • street name
  • street name
  • surname; family name; cognomen; last name
  • middle name
  • first name; given name; forename
  • nickname
  • alias; assumed name; false name
  • pseudonym; anonym; nom de guerre
  • misnomer
  • writer's name; author's name
  • appellation; denomination; designation; appellative
  • pet name; hypocorism
  • title
  • place name; toponym
  • signature
  • company name
  • domain name
  • trade name; brand name; brand; marque


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