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 446 synonyms and 81 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for names

  • Christian names
  • Potemkin villages
  • VIPs
  • abuses
  • accepts
  • adjudges
  • adjudicates
  • admirations
  • adopts
  • advertises
  • affectations
  • affronts
  • agname
  • agnomen
  • airs
  • alias
  • aliases
  • announce
  • announces
  • anoints
  • appearances
  • appellation
  • appellations
  • appellatives
  • appoint
  • appoints
  • arbitrates
  • arranges
  • assigns
  • attaches
  • attacks
  • authorizes
  • autograph
  • autonym
  • banners
  • baptismal names
  • baptize
  • baptizes
  • barbs
  • barons
  • big name
  • big shots
  • bigwigs
  • binomials
  • brand
  • brand names
  • brands
  • brickbats
  • brings up
  • broaches
  • broadcasts
  • bynames
  • call
  • calls
  • catcalls
  • causes celebres
  • celeb
  • celebrities
  • celebs
  • character
  • characterize
  • characters
  • cherry-picks
  • chews over
  • chooses
  • christen
  • christens
  • cite
  • cites
  • clarifies
  • classify
  • clepes
  • cloaks
  • code-names
  • cogitates
  • cognomen
  • cognomens
  • cognomina
  • cognominate
  • commission
  • commissions
  • compellation
  • compellations
  • concludes
  • connote
  • consecrates
  • considers
  • constitutes
  • contemplates
  • coordinates
  • creates
  • credit
  • credits
  • criticisms
  • crowns
  • cryptonyms
  • culls
  • cuts
  • darts
  • debates
  • decides
  • declare
  • declares
  • decrees
  • define
  • delegate
  • delegates
  • deliberates
  • demigods
  • demonstrations
  • denominate
  • denominates
  • denomination
  • denominations
  • denotations
  • denote
  • denotes
  • deputes
  • deputizes
  • designate
  • designates
  • designation
  • designations
  • destines
  • details
  • determines
  • dignitaries
  • digs
  • diminutives
  • disapprovals
  • dises
  • disgraces
  • disguises
  • dishonors
  • displays
  • disses
  • drafts
  • drops
  • dub
  • dubs
  • effects
  • elect
  • elects
  • elucidates
  • embraces
  • eminence
  • eminences
  • entertainer
  • entertains
  • enthrones
  • entitle
  • entitles
  • epithet
  • epithets
  • eponym
  • espouses
  • establishes
  • esteem
  • explains
  • explicates
  • exteriors
  • facades
  • faces
  • fames
  • family names
  • favorites
  • fictions
  • figures
  • finds
  • first names
  • fixes
  • flag
  • forenames
  • fronts
  • gibes
  • girds
  • give a handle
  • given names
  • glosses
  • guises
  • handle
  • handles
  • handpicks
  • head
  • heading
  • headliner
  • heartthrobs
  • hero
  • heroes
  • hints
  • honor
  • honors
  • hypocorisms
  • icons
  • identify
  • idols
  • ikons
  • images
  • imitations
  • immortals
  • implications
  • implies
  • impostures
  • impressions
  • inaugurates
  • index
  • indicates
  • indignities
  • inducts
  • infers
  • infiltrates
  • insinuates
  • insinuations
  • installs
  • instance
  • instances
  • instates
  • institutes
  • insults
  • intends
  • interjects
  • interpolates
  • interposes
  • intimates
  • introduces
  • invectives
  • invests
  • jeers
  • jibes
  • judges
  • kahunas
  • knocks
  • label
  • labels
  • lights
  • likenesses
  • lion
  • list
  • luminaries
  • luminary
  • magnates
  • maiden names
  • make
  • make-belief
  • make-believe
  • makes
  • mark
  • marks
  • masks
  • masquerades
  • matronymic
  • matronymics
  • meditates
  • megastars
  • mention
  • mentions
  • middle names
  • miscalls
  • misnames
  • misnomers
  • mistitles
  • mocks
  • moguls
  • monickers
  • moniker
  • monikers
  • monogram
  • monomials
  • monuments
  • nabobs
  • namesake
  • nickname
  • nicknames
  • nom de guerre
  • nom de plume
  • nomen
  • nomenclature
  • nomenclatures
  • nominate
  • nominates
  • noms de guerre
  • noms de plume
  • notabilities
  • notability
  • notable
  • notables
  • note
  • notes
  • notices
  • notorieties
  • odors
  • offences
  • offenses
  • opprobriums
  • opts
  • orchestrates
  • ordains
  • outrages
  • outwards
  • panjandra
  • panjandrums
  • patinae
  • patinas
  • patronymic
  • patronymics
  • peg
  • pen name
  • pen names
  • personae
  • personages
  • personalities
  • personality
  • personas
  • pet name
  • picks
  • pillars
  • pin down
  • place name
  • places
  • point to
  • pokes
  • ponders
  • poses
  • praise
  • prefers
  • prenomen
  • preselects
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • proclaims
  • pronounces
  • proper name
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonyms
  • publicizes
  • publishes
  • put down for
  • put finger on
  • put tag on
  • put-downs
  • questions
  • quips
  • quotes
  • rechristens
  • recognize
  • refer to
  • referees
  • regards
  • relabels
  • remark
  • renames
  • renown
  • renowns
  • rep
  • report
  • reports
  • representations
  • reps
  • reputation
  • reputations
  • repute
  • reputes
  • resemblances
  • resolves
  • reverences
  • rubric
  • rubrics
  • rules
  • ruminates
  • sarcasms
  • seemings
  • select
  • selects
  • semblances
  • sets
  • settles
  • shames
  • shapes
  • shells
  • shows
  • sign
  • signals
  • signature
  • signifies
  • signify
  • simulations
  • single out
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slights
  • slot
  • slurs
  • sneers
  • sobriquet
  • sobriquets
  • somebodies
  • somebody
  • soubriquets
  • sounds
  • specifies
  • specify
  • spells out
  • stage name
  • standouts
  • star
  • stars
  • stigmatizes
  • studies
  • style
  • styles
  • suggest
  • suggestions
  • suggests
  • superstar
  • superstars
  • surfaces
  • surname
  • surnames
  • swipes
  • tab
  • tabs
  • tag
  • tags
  • takes
  • tap
  • taps
  • taunts
  • term
  • terms
  • thrones
  • ticket
  • title
  • titles
  • torments
  • tortures
  • trade name
  • trade names
  • trademarks
  • trivial names
  • umpires
  • veneers
  • vernaculars
  • vituperations
  • weighs
  • worms
  • worthies

Antonyms for names

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 527 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to names, such as: Christian names, Potemkin villages, VIPs, abstains, abuses, accepts, acclaim.

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

Related Words

faces

  • Potemkin villages
  • abide
  • abuts
  • accost
  • accosts
  • adjoins
  • affectations
  • affront
  • affronts
  • air
  • airs
  • allow
  • apparels
  • appearance
  • appearances
  • approaches
  • arrays
  • aspect
  • aspects
  • audacity
  • babies
  • battles
  • be confronted by
  • be turned toward
  • bear
  • beard
  • beards
  • bearings
  • beings
  • birds
  • bit the bullet
  • blankets
  • bodies
  • bods
  • boldness
  • border
  • borders
  • bounds
  • brace
  • brass
  • brave
  • braves
  • brazens
  • breasts
  • brethren
  • brook
  • brothers
  • cast
  • casts
  • celebrities
  • challenge
  • challenges
  • characters
  • cheek
  • chutzpah
  • clad
  • clads
  • cloak
  • cloaks
  • clock
  • clothes
  • coat
  • combats
  • commands
  • confidence
  • confront
  • confronts
  • contend
  • contends
  • cookies
  • cope with
  • corners
  • countenance
  • countenances
  • court
  • cover
  • coverings
  • covers
  • creatures
  • cross
  • customers
  • dare
  • dares
  • deal with
  • decorate
  • defies
  • defy
  • demeanors
  • demonstrations
  • devils
  • dial
  • dignity
  • disguise
  • disguises
  • display
  • displays
  • dominates
  • dress
  • dresses
  • ducks
  • effects
  • effrontery
  • eggs
  • embosoms
  • embowers
  • embraces
  • emulates
  • encases
  • encloses
  • encompasses
  • encounter
  • encounters
  • endure
  • engages
  • enshrouds
  • envelops
  • enwraps
  • experience
  • expressions
  • exteriors
  • eyeball
  • facade
  • facades
  • facet
  • facings
  • false front
  • features
  • fellowmen
  • fellows
  • fictions
  • fight
  • fights
  • finish
  • fish
  • fishes
  • flinches
  • fly in face of
  • foreheads
  • foreparts
  • fringes
  • front
  • front onto
  • frontage
  • frontal
  • frontispiece
  • fronts
  • frown
  • frowns
  • gall
  • garbs
  • gaze
  • glare
  • glares
  • glosses
  • glower
  • glowers
  • go up against
  • grapple with
  • grimace
  • grimaces
  • grins
  • growls
  • guise
  • guises
  • guys
  • heads
  • hints
  • hominids
  • homos
  • honor
  • human beings
  • humanoids
  • humans
  • image
  • images
  • imitations
  • impertinence
  • implications
  • impostures
  • impressions
  • impudence
  • incloses
  • individuals
  • insinuations
  • invests
  • kisser
  • kissers
  • laps
  • level
  • light
  • likenesses
  • line
  • lineaments
  • lives
  • look
  • looks
  • lours
  • lowers
  • make a stand
  • make-belief
  • make-believe
  • makeup
  • manners
  • mantles
  • map
  • margins
  • mask
  • masks
  • masquerades
  • meet
  • meets
  • men
  • miens
  • mortals
  • moues
  • mouths
  • mows
  • mug
  • mugs
  • names
  • neighbors
  • obverse
  • oppose
  • opposes
  • outbraves
  • outfaces
  • outsides
  • outwards
  • overlay
  • overlays
  • overlook
  • overlooks
  • overspreads
  • paint
  • pans
  • parties
  • patinae
  • patinas
  • people
  • personages
  • personalities
  • physiognomies
  • physiognomy
  • plaster
  • polish
  • poses
  • pout
  • pouts
  • presences
  • presentation
  • prestige
  • presumption
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • profile
  • pusses
  • redecorate
  • refinish
  • remodel
  • repels
  • representations
  • reputation
  • resemblances
  • resist
  • resists
  • rictuses
  • rims
  • risk
  • rivals
  • robes
  • run into
  • scoffs
  • scouts
  • scowl
  • scowls
  • seeming
  • seemings
  • self-respect
  • selves
  • semblance
  • semblances
  • shapes
  • sheathe
  • sheathes
  • sheaths
  • shells
  • shingle
  • show
  • showing
  • shows
  • shrouds
  • side
  • sides
  • silhouette
  • simpers
  • simulacrum
  • simulations
  • skin
  • skins
  • skirts
  • slobs
  • smiles
  • smirk
  • smirks
  • smooth
  • snarls
  • sneers
  • snoots
  • social position
  • somebodies
  • sons of man
  • sorts
  • souls
  • specimens
  • square off
  • squinches
  • stand
  • standing
  • stands
  • stands up to
  • stare
  • stares
  • stiffs
  • stomach
  • submit
  • suffer
  • suggestions
  • surface
  • surfaces
  • surrounds
  • sustain
  • swallow
  • swathes
  • take
  • take it
  • take on
  • take the bull by the horns
  • takes on
  • tell off
  • things
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tops
  • touches
  • veil
  • veils
  • veneer
  • veneers
  • venture
  • visage
  • visages
  • watch
  • wights
  • winces
  • withstand
  • withstands
  • wraps

icons

  • VIPs
  • abstracts
  • actualizations
  • archetypes
  • avatars
  • barons
  • beau ideals
  • big shots
  • bigwigs
  • caricatures
  • cartoons
  • causes celebres
  • celebrities
  • celebs
  • characters
  • ciphers
  • classics
  • collages
  • concretizations
  • daubs
  • delineations
  • demigods
  • depictions
  • diagrams
  • dignitaries
  • doodles
  • drawings
  • embodiers
  • embodiments
  • eminences
  • epitomes
  • essences
  • etchings
  • exemplars
  • exemplifications
  • externalizations
  • favorites
  • figure
  • figures
  • finger paintings
  • genii
  • geniuses
  • glyphs
  • gods
  • graphical user interface
  • heartthrobs
  • heroes
  • hieroglyphics
  • hieroglyphs
  • ideals
  • ideograms
  • ideographs
  • idol
  • idols
  • ikon
  • illustrations
  • images
  • immortals
  • incarnations
  • incorporations
  • instantiations
  • kahunas
  • letters
  • lights
  • likeness
  • likenesses
  • luminaries
  • magnates
  • manifestations
  • megastars
  • models
  • moguls
  • montages
  • monuments
  • nabobs
  • names
  • nonpareils
  • notabilities
  • notables
  • notorieties
  • numerals
  • objectifications
  • painted image
  • panjandra
  • panjandrums
  • paradigms
  • paragons
  • patterns
  • personages
  • personalities
  • personalizations
  • personifications
  • personifiers
  • photographs
  • pictograms
  • pictographs
  • picture
  • pictures
  • pillars
  • portrait
  • portraits
  • portrayal
  • quintessences
  • realizations
  • reincarnations
  • representation
  • representations
  • resemblances
  • runes
  • signs
  • silhouettes
  • sketches
  • somebodies
  • souls
  • standouts
  • stars
  • substantiations
  • superstars
  • symbol
  • symbols
  • views
  • watercolors
  • worthies

labels

tabs

  • California sunshine
  • Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  • Owsley
  • accounts
  • acid
  • bills
  • blotter acid
  • blue heaven
  • brands
  • calls
  • captions
  • charges
  • checks
  • costs
  • cubes
  • damages
  • designates
  • documents
  • dots
  • drug
  • earmarks
  • electric Kool-Aid
  • entitles
  • expenses
  • fees
  • figures
  • hallmarks
  • hallucinogen
  • identifies
  • instant Zen
  • invoices
  • labels
  • ledgers
  • marks
  • mellow yellows
  • microdots
  • names
  • prices
  • purple haze
  • rates
  • receipts
  • reckonings
  • records
  • scores
  • stamps
  • statements
  • stigmatizes
  • strawberry fields
  • styles
  • sunshine
  • tags
  • tallies
  • terms
  • tickets
  • titles
  • tolls
  • yellow sunshine

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