1. Verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
   "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me";
   - name calling

1. A language unit by which a person or thing is known
   "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"
    
2. A person's reputation
   "he wanted to protect his good name"
    
3. A well-known or notable person
   "they studied all the great names in the history of France";
   - figure, public figure
    
4. Family based on male descent
   "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name";
   - gens
    
5. By the sanction or authority of
   "halt in the name of the law"
    
6. A defamatory or abusive word or phrase
   "He hurled names at his opponent during the heated argument";
   - epithet
    
7. [UK] An investor in Lloyd's of London bearing unlimited liability
   "He became a name at Lloyd's, risking his personal wealth"

1. Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
   "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal";
   - identify
    
2. Assign a specified (usually proper) name to
   "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader";
   - call, know as, be known as, christen
    
3. Mention and identify by name
   "name your accomplices!"
    
4. Make reference to
   "he was named in connection with the invention";
   - mention, advert [rare], bring up, cite, refer
    
5. Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
   "name the states west of the Mississippi";
   - list
    
6. Charge with a function; charge to be
   "She was named Head of the Committee";
   - nominate, make
    
7. Create and charge with a task or function
   "name a committee";
   - appoint, nominate, constitute
    
8. Classify or apply the appropriate name to, e.g. in botany or biology
   "The botanist named the new plant species";
   - identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe
    
9. Determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
   "The doctor named the rare condition after a thorough examination";
   - diagnose

Type of: analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], appoint, calumniation, calumny, canvass, charge, constitute, defamation, define, denote, determine, enumerate, establish, examine, fam [informal], family, family line, fix, folk, found, hatchet job, have in mind, important person, influential person, institute, itemise [Brit], itemize, kinfolk, kinsfolk, kith and kin, label, language unit, limit, linguistic unit, mean, obloquy, personage, phratry, plant, recite, refer, reputation, repute, sanction, set, specify, study, think of, traducement

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