Definitions For Name

noun

  • By the sanction or authority of
  • A language unit by which a person or thing is known
  • A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
  • Family based on male descent
  • A well-known or notable person
  • A person's reputation
  • A word or phrase that refers to or that can refer to a specific person
  • A word or phrase that refers to a specific place or thing
  • A word or phrase that refers to a type or group of things

verb

  • Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
  • Identify as in botany or biology, for example
  • Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
  • Mention and identify by name
  • Make reference to
  • Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
  • Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
  • Create and charge with a task or function
  • Charge with a function; charge to be
  • To give a name to (someone or something)
  • To say the name of (someone or something)
  • To choose (someone) to be (something)

Is Name a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
8

The word Name is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Name in a Sentence

  • Please write your name on this line.
  • State your name and occupation.
  • I refused to give them my name.
  • “What are you going to name your new dog?” “I think I'll name him Sandy.”
  • The aptly named HMS “Victorious” helped the British Royal Navy win an important victory.
  • A man named James Smith is on the phone.
  • The university's physics department boasts a number of name physicists

Synonyms for Name

Antonyms for Name

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