label

a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it on its frame the painting had a label with its title and the name of the artist Synonyms marker, tag, ticket Related Words caption, legend; brand, emblem, hallmark, logo, mark, symbol, trademark; badge, decal, plaque, seal, stamp, sticker

1 to attach an identifying slip to he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones Synonyms mark, tag, ticket Related Words caption, earmark, hallmark, stamp; call, designate, identify, name, tab; entitle, style, term, title; brand, stigmatize

2 to give a name to in the past, teachers had a tendency to label the students “slow learners” when in fact they had treatable learning disabilities Synonyms baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, name, nominate, style, term, titleRelated Words brand, stigmatize, tag; denote, specify; miscall, misname, mistitle; code-name, nickname; rechristen, relabel, rename; surname