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

Spotify’s deal, which includes naming rights for the Camp Nou, was renewed in October 2025 for a further four seasons. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Ads would be limited to digital displays, and the proposal does not include any permanent signage or naming rights. — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Uniqlo, for example, agreed to shell out $125 million over five years for the field naming rights at Dodger Stadium. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2026

The changes were immediately noticed by the band’s fans, who largely didn’t sound impressed by Meta’s naming scheme. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 Sep. 2026

That brought the issue front and center to the board, which voted unanimously to start a naming committee. — Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026

Ballmer nearly granted Aspiration naming rights to the team’s new $2-billion arena but instead chose financial services firm Intuit. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Writing was regaining a sense of control, not over circumstances, but at least over the naming of circumstances. — Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Google said its Maps platform follows geographic naming conventions established by official government sources. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

The film’s opening scene has her wading naked in Hampstead Ponds at night, looking up at the blinking stars and naming the constellations to herself, then closing her eyes as if to let the galaxies above wash over her. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

That year a team managed to factor RSA-250, which, in a similar naming convention to the other RSA numbers has 250 base-10 digits. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026

Another voting machine firm, Smartmatic, also filed suit against Fox in 2021, naming Bartiromo as a co-defendant. — Steve Kopack, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026

Duke Athletics Announces Partnership With Edward Jones Duke University athletics and Edward Jones have marked the start of a four-year partnership naming Edward Jones the Official Wealth Management Partner of Duke basketball. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Conservative group America First Legal filed the complaint on Shirley’s behalf, naming Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley Weber as defendants and arguing the law violates the First Amendment. — Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Just 39% of Americans approve of his job performance, and only 30% approve of his handling of inflation, with a 31% plurality naming inflation and prices their top concern — 17 points ahead of the next issue, jobs and the economy. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026

The National Aviary wants your help naming its two new skunk sisters. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares accused some of his EU partners of echoing that fake information, without naming them. — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026