appellative
Adjective
- Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun (synset 302646150)
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Inclined to or serving for the giving of names (synset 300725830)
"the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"similar to: denotative, denotive - having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or namingsame as: naming
Noun
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Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others (synset 106350278)
is a type of: name - a language unit by which a person or thing is knownsubtypes:
- street name - an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
- byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- form of address, title, title of respect - an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'
- title - an appellation signifying nobility
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