Noun

• S: (n) naming#1 (naming%1:10:00::) (the verbal act of naming) "the part he failed was the naming of state capitals"
• S: (n) appointment#1 (appointment%1:04:00::), assignment#6 (assignment%1:04:01::), designation#2 (designation%1:04:00::), naming#2 (naming%1:04:00::) (the act of putting a person into a non-elective position) "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"

Verb

• (31)S: (v) name#1 (name%2:32:03::), call#1 (call%2:32:02::), know as#1 (know_as%2:32:00::), be known as#1 (be_known_as%2:32:00::) (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to) "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
• (6)S: (v) name#2 (name%2:32:02::), identify#2 (identify%2:32:00::) (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"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months"
• (5)S: (v) name#3 (name%2:41:01::), nominate#3 (nominate%2:41:01::), make#20 (make%2:41:03::) (charge with a function; charge to be) "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club"
• (4)S: (v) appoint#1 (appoint%2:41:01::), name#4 (name%2:41:00::), nominate#4 (nominate%2:41:00::), constitute#2 (constitute%2:41:00::) (create and charge with a task or function) "nominate a committee"
• (4)S: (v) name#5 (name%2:32:07::) (mention and identify by name) "name your accomplices!"
• (2)S: (v) mention#1 (mention%2:32:02::), advert#3 (advert%2:32:12::), bring up#7 (bring_up%2:32:00::), cite#1 (cite%2:32:00::), name#6 (name%2:32:04::), refer#1 (refer%2:32:01::) (make reference to) "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
• (1)S: (v) identify#5 (identify%2:31:01::), discover#8 (discover%2:31:03::), key#1 (key%2:31:00::), key out#1 (key_out%2:31:00::), distinguish#5 (distinguish%2:31:01::), describe#4 (describe%2:31:00::), name#7 (name%2:31:01::) (identify as in botany or biology, for example)
• S: (v) list#1 (list%2:32:00::), name#8 (name%2:32:09::) (give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of) "List the states west of the Mississippi"
• S: (v) diagnose#1 (diagnose%2:31:00::), name#9 (name%2:31:00::) (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)

Adjective

• S: (adj) appellative#2 (appellative%3:00:00:denotative:00), naming#1 (naming%3:00:00:denotative:00) (inclined to or serving for the giving of names) "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites"