naming

English Thesaurus

1. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)

hypernym	:	conclusion, decision, determination,
definition	:	the act of making up your mind about something (noun.act)

hyponym	:	nomination,
definition	:	the act of officially naming a candidate (noun.act)

hyponym	:	co-optation, co-option,
definition	:	the act of appointing summarily (with or without the appointee's consent) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	delegacy,
definition	:	the appointment of a delegate (noun.act)

hyponym	:	ordinance, ordination,
definition	:	the act of ordaining; the act of conferring (or receiving) holy orders (noun.act)

hyponym	:	recognition,
definition	:	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body (noun.act)

2. the verbal act of naming (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	speech act,
definition	:	the use of language to perform some act (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	acrophony,
definition	:	naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	numeration,
definition	:	naming numbers (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	denotation, indication,
definition	:	the act of indicating or pointing out by name (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	specification,
definition	:	naming explicitly (noun.communication)

3. inclined to or serving for the giving of names (adj.all)

similar	:	denotative, denotive,
definition	:	having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming (adj.all)

4. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)

derivation	:	assign, delegate, depute, designate,
definition	:	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social)

derivation	:	appoint, constitute, name, nominate,
definition	:	create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)

derivation	:	make, name, nominate,
definition	:	charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)

5. the verbal act of naming (noun.communication)

derivation	:	describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name,
definition	:	identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	name,
definition	:	mention and identify by name (verb.communication)

derivation	:	advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer,
definition	:	make reference to (verb.communication)

derivation	:	identify, name,
definition	:	give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)

derivation	:	call, name,
definition	:	assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)

6. inclined to or serving for the giving of names (adj.all)

derivation	:	appellation, appellative, denomination, designation,
definition	:	identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others (noun.communication)

7. the act of putting a person into a non-elective position (noun.act)

derivation	:	assign, delegate, depute, designate,
definition	:	give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) (verb.social)

derivation	:	appoint, constitute, name, nominate,
definition	:	create and charge with a task or function (verb.social)

derivation	:	make, name, nominate,
definition	:	charge with a function; charge to be (verb.social)

8. the verbal act of naming (noun.communication)

derivation	:	describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, name,
definition	:	identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	name,
definition	:	mention and identify by name (verb.communication)

derivation	:	advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer,
definition	:	make reference to (verb.communication)

derivation	:	identify, name,
definition	:	give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb.communication)

derivation	:	call, name,
definition	:	assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb.communication)

9. inclined to or serving for the giving of names (adj.all)

derivation	:	appellation, appellative, denomination, designation,
definition	:	identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others (noun.communication)