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
  • Ahead, see how stars are styling the sultry bra-as-a-top trend.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Their ultra-clean silhouette makes styling them seamless, too, proving fashion-forward shoes can be just as versatile as your everyday lineup.
    — Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of styling
Verb
  • Voters also will be nominating candidates for the entire state Legislature, where Republicans hold a roughly 40-vote majority in the 400-member House and outnumber Democrats in the Senate 16-8.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And in the event that Chris Hansen is indeed the role that finally lands the actor a nomination, in a very literal sense, the Academy will also be nominating him for The Odyssey.
    — Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of nominating
Verb
  • The ballot measure also would make a major change to gubernatorial recall elections by automatically designating the lieutenant governor as the replacement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In July, the Drug Enforcement Agency proposed temporarily designating 7-OH above a certain threshold of potency as Schedule I, the category for drugs that carry the most risk without any medical benefit.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of designating
Verb
  • But statistics and experts caution that the uptick, which has been recorded also in secular Spain, doesn't counteract the overall generational trend of children of practicing French Catholics no longer going to Mass or baptizing their babies.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But experts caution these numbers don't counteract the overall generational trend of the children of practicing French Catholics no longer going to Mass or baptizing their babies.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of baptizing
Verb
  • Agada often looks to literature when titling his work — not to curate the viewing experience or interpretation of the work, but to add another layer of meaning.
    — Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • 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
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 board of Goldman Sachs has held talks about naming COO and President John Waldron the bank's new CEO as soon as next year, The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday , citing people familiar with the matter.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The State Department condemned the aid convoy strike without naming who was responsible.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of naming
Verb
  • Collecting and manually labeling examples that cover all these conditions is therefore difficult and expensive.
    — Bo Wang, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Although heavily implied, officers at the news conference stopped short of labeling Betkouski as a suspect in the Tylenol murders.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of labeling
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“Surnaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surnaming. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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