surnaming

verb

present participle of surname
as in styling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for surnaming
  1. styling
  2. nominating
  3. designating
  4. baptizing
  5. titling
  6. entitling
  7. naming
  8. labeling
Verb
  • In past years, Williams has had styling gigs with Burrow, Karl-Anthony Towns, Matt Barnes and Kyle Kuzma.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For an off-the-field look, try styling a knee-high pair with a skirt, dress, or capri pants.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of styling
Verb
  • At the same time, Democrats and independents are nominating outsider candidates, some aligned with democratic socialist agendas over establishment candidates, in a sign of voter backlash against the status quo.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Trump consistently criticized former Fed Chair Jerome Powell for the same reason after nominating him to the role in 2017.
    — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of nominating
Verb
  • Instead, the Fox will use the space to capture interviews, podcasts and videos while designating the area for media to interview talent at the theater.
    — DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Lawyers for the government had conceded that designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk didn't prevent companies from using the AI technology for other purposes.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of designating
Verb
  • His nanny was his fierce protector and insulated him from the depredations of Nazis and their enablers, baptizing him and teaching him to handily hurl anti-Jewish epithets to fit in.
    — Ron Kampeas, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
  • Maddock said Kozak had particularly loved presiding over Holy Saturday evening Mass, which is typically a time for baptizing people into the Catholic church.
    — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Definition of baptizing
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  • This particularly bizarre corner of the practice (a band titling a song after another band who have a song with their name) actually has precedent, though.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • What also felt exciting to me about titling the album and using a word that’s more rooted in the meaning of your own self being an exhibit on display.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Definition of titling
Verb
  • The ruling gave hijras official status as a minority community, entitling them to various forms of government assistance.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • The superintendent, general counsel and chief auditor qualify for the supplements due to provisions in their contracts entitling them to the same increases as other administrative staff, officials said.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
Definition of entitling
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
Definition of naming
Verb
  • In Season 6, fans honed in on Andrea Carmona, quickly labeling her as an antagonist.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the government could not allow the American military to be constrained or told how to use its tools by a private company and in February took the unprecedented step of labeling Anthropic a supply chain risk.
    — Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of labeling
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“Surnaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnaming. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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