Synonyms of the word

denomination

• n. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
• n. (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title;…
• n. (countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup.
• n. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

appellation

• n. (formal or dated) A name, title, or designation.
• n. A geographical indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.

appellative

• adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
• adj. Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
• n. A common noun.
• n. An epithet.

category

• n. A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
• n. (mathematics) A collection of objects, together with a transitively closed collection of composable arrows…

class

• n. (countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
• n. (countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three…
• n. (uncountable) The division of society into classes.
• n. (uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.
• n. A series of classes covering a single subject.
• n. (countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A…
• n. (countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.
• n. (taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon…
• n. Best of its kind.
• n. (mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.
• n. (military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those…
• n. (object-oriented programming) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state),…
• n. One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader.
• v. (transitive) To assign to a class; to classify.
• v. (intransitive) To be grouped or classed.
• v. (transitive) To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.
• adj. (Ireland, Britain, slang) great; fabulous.

designation

• n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
• n. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
• n. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
• n. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

family

• n. (countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption);…
• n. (countable) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
• n. (countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially…
• n. (countable, taxonomy) A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon…
• n. (countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing…
• n. (countable, music) A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
• n. (countable, linguistics) A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
• n. Used attributively.
• adj. Suitable for children and adults.
• adj. Conservative, traditional.
• adj. (slang) Homosexual.

name

• n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• n. Reputation.
• n. An abusive or insulting epithet.
• n. A person (or legal person).
• n. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• n. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
• n. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
• v. (transitive) To give a name to.
• v. (transitive) To mention, specify.
• v. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important.
• v. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
• v. (transitive) To designate for a role.
• n. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.