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nominates

verb , present tense third-person singular of nominate

Synonyms and Antonyms of nominates

1 to give a name to

this first drawing, which we'll nominate as Plan A, shows how the house would look with the smaller annex

Synonyms of nominates

baptizes, calls, christens, clepes [archaic], denominates, designates, dubs, entitles, labels, names, styles, terms, titles

Words Related to nominates

brands, stigmatizes, tags

denotes, specifies

miscalls, misnames, mistitles

code-names, nicknames

rechristens, relabels, renames

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

the U.S. Constitution directs the president to nominate ambassadors

Synonyms of nominates

appoints, assigns, attaches, commissions, constitutes, designates, details, names, places

Words Related to nominates

authorizes, delegates, deputes, deputizes

anoints, consecrates, creates, inaugurates, inducts, installs, instates, institutes, invests, makes, ordains

crowns, enthrones, thrones

chooses, destines, drafts, elects, handpicks, selects, singles (out), votes (in)

Near Antonyms of nominates

blackballs, deposes, dethrones, displaces, ejects, evicts, ousts, overthrows, removes, throws out, uncrowns, unmakes, unseats

Antonyms of nominates

discharges, dismisses, expels, fires

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