Synonyms of baptize

baptize

verb

bap-ˈtīz 

1

as in to name

to give a name to

baptized the child "Anne"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• name
• call
• nominate
• dub
• designate
• christen
• denominate
• label
• title
• nickname
• term
• entitle
• style
• specify
• stigmatize
• clepe
• brand
• denote
• rename
• tag
• miscall
• rechristen
• mistitle
• surname
• relabel
• misname
• code-name

2

as in to induct

to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies

the new sisters will be baptized with special initiation rites at the sorority house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• induct
• inaugurate
• install
• initiate
• seat
• receive
• invest
• consecrate
• instate
• enlist
• accept
• enroll
• admit
• enrol
• swear in
• enshrine
• take in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• can
• discharge
• fire
• terminate
• muster out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of baptize

Many changes were made to the church under Nelson's leadership, including allowing children of LGBTQ+ parents to be baptized, plus the introduction of a global youth program. —Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

So much of this idea of water in relationship to the kid, in one way, is to [represent] suffocating and drowning, and in another way, being baptized and turning into a man, essentially, and figuring out what that means. —Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2025

In Ireland’s largest diocese of Dublin, nearly twice as many adults were baptized this Easter as a year earlier, many of them young adults who were new to the country, church leaders said, while London’s Archdiocese of Westminster had the largest number of adult baptisms this Easter since 2018. —Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025

That is what remains of the church in which Marlowe was baptized, on February 26, 1564—two months to the day before Shakespeare was baptized, in Stratford-Upon-Avon. —Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025