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christen

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of christen

to give a name to

christened the new baby "Ophelia"

Synonyms of christen

baptize, call, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, name, nominate, style, term, title

Words Related to christen

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

code-name, nickname

rechristen, relabel, rename

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