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dub

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dub

1 to give a name to

I've dubbed my car "Rusty," which pretty much describes it.

Synonyms of dub

baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, entitle, label, name, nominate, style, term, title

Words Related to dub

brand, stigmatize, tag

denote, specify

miscall, misname, mistitle

2 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

He dubbed his first attempt at homemade yogurt, but he got it reasonably right on the second.

Synonyms of dub

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Words Related to dub

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms of dub

ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

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