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brand

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brand

1 a device (as a word) identifying the maker of a piece of merchandise and legally reserved for the exclusive use of that person or company

  • a company that was sued for using a name that was very similar to a rivalʼs brand
Synonyms of brand

trademark
Words Related to brand

brand name, trade name

collective mark, emblem, hallmark, imprint, label, logo, mark, service mark, stamp

copyright, patent

2 a mark of guilt or disgrace

  • always felt that her shabby clothes showed the brand of poverty
Synonyms of brand

blot, onus, slur, smirch, smudge, spot, stain, stigma, taint
Words Related to brand

black eye, discredit, disesteem, disgrace, dishonor, disrepute, guilt, ignominy, infamy, obloquy, odium, opprobrium, reproach, shame

corruption, debauchery, depravity, immorality, iniquity, licentiousness, sin, unscrupulousness, vice
Near Antonyms of brand

award, credit, honor

chasteness, chastity, modesty, purity, stainlessness

good, right

honesty, integrity, legitimacy, probity, rectitude, scrupulousness, uprightness

goodness, righteousness, virtuousness

fame, glory, renown, repute

3 a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point

  • on the battlefield lies our hero, slain by some fell brand
Synonyms of brand

blade, steel, sword
Words Related to brand

broadsword, cutlass, rapier, saber (or sabre), scimitar, smallsword

brand

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of brand

to produce a vivid impression of

  • the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory
Synonyms of brand

engrave, etch, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain (also engrain)
Words Related to brand

enroot, imbue, implant, inculcate, infuse, instill

fix, set, stamp
Near Antonyms of brand

blot out, erase, expunge, obliterate

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