Thesaurus results for APPELLATIVE

appellative

noun

Definition of appellative

as in moniker

a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known the brochure had advertised a sandy beach, but we didn't see anything that remotely merited that appellative

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The company has tapped Wilson — best known by his professional moniker ThankYouX — to serve as its first artist in residence.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Atkins next formed his own record label, Metroplex, as well as began recording under the moniker Model 500.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of moniker

Noun

His name has surfaced repeatedly during the federal case against Christian Emmanuel Sanon, a Haitian American whose Miami trial began five weeks ago.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Someone else’s change of plan could put your name on the line.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of name

Noun

Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
Additionally, Witt led Team USA to the 2026 World Baseball Classic title game.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of title

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After leaving David Brown’s initials off its cars for a couple of decades, Aston Martin resurrected the DB nomenclature in the early 1990s for a new grand tourer.

— Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2026
The technologies themselves aren't changing, but NASA's effort to implement the nomenclature introduces new obstacles for scientific communication and the agency's digital infrastructure.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of nomenclature

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But neither appellation applies to Jaime, who leads a large union, or Kundassery, who plans to be an emergency-medicine doctor, or Quintero, the daughter of a custodian, who has a graduate degree from Cornell.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Included are Left Bank communes like Saint-Estèphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux, and Pessac-Léognan, Right Bank stalwarts Pomerol and Saint-Émilion, and sweet-wine appellations Sauternes and Barsac.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of appellation

Noun

This all happened after years in which the President and the Vice-President have deployed racist epithets, jokes, and myths.

— David Remnick, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Throughout his trial and during his April 2018 sentencing in Sacramento Superior Court, Bracamontes repeatedly hurled insults, profanity and racist epithets at those in the courtroom, including Oliver’s mother and his law enforcement partner.

— Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of epithet

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Trump himself has reversed national monument designations made by his predecessors.

— Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
The designation, nonetheless, retained its prestige, becoming above all a mark of exceptional craftsmanship, artistry, and cultural distinction.

— Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Nov. 2026

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