Synonyms of naming

naming 1 of 2

noun

as in designation

Related Words

• designation
• nomination
• assignment
• option
• decision
• appointment
• selecting
• picking
• choosing
• election
• selection
• choice

naming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of name

1

as in calling

to give a name to

decided to name her new puppy "Bubbles"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• calling
• labeling
• nominating
• dubbing
• designating
• terming
• nicknaming
• titling
• entitling
• styling
• denominating
• specifying
• baptizing
• christening
• renaming
• cleping
• branding
• tagging
• denoting
• stigmatizing
• misnaming
• relabeling
• rechristening
• miscalling
• mistitling
• code-naming
• surnaming

2

as in specifying

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specifying
• mentioning
• citing
• noticing
• noting
• quoting
• indicating
• introducing
• suggesting
• explaining
• referring (to)
• touching (on or upon)
• announcing
• pronouncing
• implying
• dropping
• designating
• inferring
• clarifying
• publishing
• adverting (to)
• intending
• instancing
• signaling
• signifying
• declaring
• alluding (to)
• pointing (out)
• intimating
• publicizing
• proclaiming
• hinting (at)
• interpolating
• advertising
• broadcasting
• infiltrating
• denominating
• sounding
• interposing
• bringing up
• elucidating
• interjecting
• insinuating
• broaching
• spelling out
• clearing (up)
• explicating
• worming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• passing over
• slighting
• overpassing

3

as in nominating

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty

was named the provost of the university

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nominating
• appointing
• assigning
• designating
• constituting
• commissioning
• attaching
• placing
• detailing
• inducting
• authorizing
• choosing
• delegating
• creating
• electing
• selecting
• installing
• instituting
• inaugurating
• ordaining
• consecrating
• crowning
• making
• anointing
• instating
• drafting
• deputizing
• investing
• enthroning
• deputing
• voting (in)
• throning
• handpicking
• destining
• singling (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismissing
• firing
• expelling
• discharging
• removing
• displacing
• overthrowing
• ejecting
• deposing
• dethroning
• evicting
• ousting
• unseating
• throwing out
• unmaking
• blackballing
• uncrowning

4

as in selecting

to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

you don't like my offer? Just name your price

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selecting
• choosing
• picking
• taking
• electing
• designating
• preferring
• tagging
• culling
• nominating
• handpicking
• opting (for)
• singling (out)
• adopting
• cherry-picking
• appointing
• marking
• accepting
• tapping
• embracing
• setting
• preselecting
• fixing
• tabbing
• espousing
• settling (on or upon)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• turning down
• repudiating
• disapproving
• discarding
• throwing away
• spurning
• throwing out
• negativing
• jettisoning

5

as in setting

to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority

you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• setting
• choosing
• picking
• selecting
• designating
• appointing
• specifying
• announcing
• establishing
• arranging
• adopting
• assigning
• fixing
• determining
• preferring
• coordinating
• declaring
• publishing
• settling
• advertising
• pinning (down)
• orchestrating
• opting (for)
• singling (out)

6

as in choosing

to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration

they finally named a date for the wedding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choosing
• figuring
• deciding
• opting
• resolving
• finding
• determining
• settling (on or upon)
• selecting
• concluding
• picking
• ruling
• decreeing
• electing
• culling
• preferring
• adjudicating
• adjudging
• contemplating
• debating
• pondering
• deliberating
• ruling (on)
• judging
• handpicking
• weighing
• considering
• studying
• thinking (about or over)
• arbitrating
• singling (out)
• meditating
• questioning
• refereeing
• ruminating
• cogitating
• entertaining
• umpiring
• mulling (over)
• chewing over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• refusing
• rejecting
• declining
• turning down
• delaying
• abstaining
• halting
• stalling
• hesitating
• temporizing
• wavering
• vacillating
• waffling
• shilly-shallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of naming

Noun

SoFi has a sports sponsorship portfolio that includes the NFL’s richest naming-rights deal, the NBA, golf and a number of prominent athletes. — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026

To become a Championship Series host, the naming rights organization must fund the $20 million prize pool, cover event build-out expenses, share a portion of hospitality revenue with the PGA Tour and staff the event. — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

And that commitment isn’t just illustrated in this naming rights deal; at the time of the original deal, in June 2024, TSE agreed to a 20-year non-relocation agreement. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

The practice field naming rights proved to be the last straw in what was already a fraught relationship with USC. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

And per the outlet, Spain’s players use nicknames (like Pedro González López, who goes by Pedri) or their first and surname (Spanish naming tradition includes both parents’ surnames). — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026

The project got a huge boost in 2022, when Bill Witte and his wife Keiko Sakamoto contributed $4 million toward its construction and, with that, secured naming rights for the facility. — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 10 July 2026

In the background, two lawsuits are coursing through the court system seeking to curb the naming effort altogether. — Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2026

Its parent company, Alphabet, generally doesn’t have a sense of humor in its product naming, but its subsidiary, Google, did recently launch an AI image-generation product called Nano Banana. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 28 June 2026

Verb

But Beijing is expected to use the moment to consolidate its control over Tibetan Buddhism by naming its own successor. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026

Worth said the total restoration cost has not yet been determined but that there are several non-city funding sources available to pay for the restoration, including the sale of historic tax credits, as well as naming rights. — Tess Riski july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

The more consequential thing happened to the eleven people who watched her present that diagnosis, and who learned in a single session what naming the structure correctly is worth in that organization. — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

The 30-minute album is more concerned with creative work, public image and what happens when an artist becomes an industry unto herself than naming designers or describing outfits. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

Stewart has embraced his past jobs, even naming his production company Busboy Productions in a humorous nod to his life before finding success in entertainment. — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Thanks, as always, for the questions … Any chance KU sells the naming rights to any facility to raise money? — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Republican lawmakers have proposed moving the naming duties out of the Attorney General’s Office to nonpartisan legislative analysts, but those efforts have so far been stymied by Democrats. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Gartner is validating the thesis this week too, naming Innovaccer a leader in its first ever healthcare technology Magic Quadrant, ranked above Microsoft, Google, AWS, and Salesforce on vision and execution. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 July 2026