naming

The word “naming” has 2 syllables: na-ming

It's pronounced as /ˈneɪmɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for naming?

In the thesaurus, “naming” has 218 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for naming

ID
accepting
acknowledgment
adjudging
adjudicating
adopting
advertising
allotment
allusion
announcing
anointing
apperception
appointing
appointment
approval
arbitrating
arranging
assigning
assignment
assimilation
attaching
authorization
authorizing
badge
baptising
baptizing
bracelet
branding
bringing up
broaching
broadcasting
calling
cataloging
certification
characterizing
cherry-picking
chewing over
choice
choosing
christening
citation
citing
clarifying
classifying
cleping
code-naming
cogitating
comment
commissioning
concluding
consecrating
consecration
considering
constituting
contemplating
coordinating
copying
coronation
creating
credentials
crowning
culling
debating
deciding
decision
declaring
decreeing
delegating
delegation
deliberating
denominating
denoting
deputation
deputing
deputizing
description
designating
designation
destining
detailing
determining
distinguishing
dog tag
drafting
dropping
dubbing
electing
election
elucidating
embracing
empowering
entertaining
enthroning
entitling
espousing
establishing
establishment
excerpting
explaining
explicating
figuring
finding
fixing
footnote
handpicking
identity bracelet
implying
inaugurating
indicating
indication
inducting
inferring
infiltrating
insinuating
installation
installing
instancing
instating
instituting
intending
interjecting
interpolating
interposing
intimating
introducing
introduction
investing
investiture
judging
labeling
labelling
letter of introduction
letter of recommendation
making
making known
marking
meditating
mentioning
miscalling
misnaming
mistitling
nicknaming
nominating
nomination
note
notice
noticing
notification
noting
opting
option
orchestrating
ordaining
ordination
papers
passport
picking
placing
pointing out
pondering
preferring
preselecting
proclaiming
promotion
pronouncing
proposal
publicizing
publishing
questioning
quoting
rechristening
reciting
recognition
recognizing
recommendation
refereeing
reference
referring to
relabeling
relabelling
remark
renaming
resolving
ruling
ruminating
selecting
selection
setting
settling
showing
signaling
signalling
signifying
sounding
specifying
spelling out
stating
stigmatizing
studying
styling
suggesting
suggestion
surnaming
tabbing
tag
tagging
taking
taking note of
tapping
terming
testimony
throning
titling
tribute
umpiring
utterance
weighing
worming

Antonyms for naming

abstaining
blackballing
declining
delaying
deposing
dethroning
disapproving
discarding
discharging
dismissing
displacing
disregarding
ejecting
evicting
expelling
firing
forgetting
halting
hesitating
ignorance
ignoring
jettisoning
negativing
neglecting
ousting
overlooking
overpassing
overthrowing
passing over
quiet
refusal
refusing
rejecting
rejection
removing
repudiating
shilly-shallying
silence
slighting
spurning
stalling
temporizing
throwing away
throwing out
turning down
uncrowning
unmaking
unseating
vacillating
waffling
wavering

Meanings of naming

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.
noun
1. The process of giving names to things.
2. A ritual or ceremony in which a person's name is given or announced.
adjective
1. Giving a name to a person or thing.

Example Sentences

She insisted on naming the new puppy after her favorite book character.
The committee is responsible for naming the winners of the competition.
Naming the colors of the rainbow is a common elementary school activity.
The tradition of naming storms helps in better communication during emergencies.
Naming the files appropriately makes it easier to organize and find them later.

On this page you'll find 269 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to naming, such as: ID, abstaining, accepting, acknowledgment, adjudging, adjudicating, adopting.

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