Need another word that means the same as “designation”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “designation” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Designation” are: appellation, appellative, denomination, identification, appointment, assignment, naming, nomination, selection, choice, picking, election, classification, classing, labelling, specification, definition, defining, earmarking, stipulation, particularization, pinpointing, title, honorific, label
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “designation” as a noun can have the following definitions:
appellation | The action of giving a name to someone or something. The city fully justifies its appellation the Pearl of the Orient. |
appellative | A common noun, such as ‘doctor’, ‘mother’, or ‘sir’, used as a vocative. |
appointment | Law the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment. Government ministers and other political appointments are frequently replaced. |
assignment | A task or piece of work allocated to someone as part of a job or course of study. An assignment of leasehold property. |
choice | A range of possibilities from which one or more may be chosen. I had to do it I had no choice. |
classification | The action or process of classifying something. The classification of disease according to symptoms. |
classing | A body of students who are taught together. |
defining | Any process serving to define the shape of something. |
definition | The action or process of defining something. Exercise had given his muscles superior definition. |
denomination | The face value of a banknote, coin, or postage stamp. Two cards of the same denomination. |
earmarking | A distinctive characteristic or attribute. |
election | The action of electing or the fact of being elected. The 1860 presidential election. |
honorific | An expression of respect. The Japanese use many honorifics. |
identification | A person’s sense of identity with someone or something. Do you have any identification. |
label | A classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive. Price labels. |
labelling | An identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object. |
naming | The verbal act of naming. The part he failed was the naming of state capitals. |
nomination | The act of officially naming a candidate. There was keen competition for the nomination. |
particularization | An individualized description of a particular instance. |
picking | The act of picking crops or fruit or hops etc. He sent the first picking of berries to the market. |
pinpointing | A very brief moment. |
selection | A plot of land acquired by selection. Blocks ranging in area from 158 to 3 102 acres have been thrown open for selection. |
specification | (patent law) a document drawn up by the applicant for a patent of invention that provides an explicit and detailed description of the nature and use of an invention. One of the telescope s mirrors had been manufactured to incorrect specifications. |
stipulation | An agreement or concession made by parties in a judicial proceeding (or by their attorneys) relating to the business before the court; must be in writing unless they are part of the court record. A stipulation of fact was made in order to avoid delay. |
title | A heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with. He looked for books with the word jazz in the title. |
allot | Allow to have. Equal time was allotted to each. |
appellation | The action of giving a name to someone or something. The city fully justifies its appellation the Pearl of the Orient. |
appoint | Create and charge with a task or function. They appointed a day in May for the meeting. |
appointed | Subject to appointment. The one appointed for guard duty. |
appointment | The act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment. Government ministers and other political appointments are frequently replaced. |
assign | Give an assignment to a person to a post or assign a task to a person. Congress had assigned the task to the agency. |
assignment | A transfer of property by deed of conveyance. An assignment of leasehold property. |
authorize | Grant authorization or clearance for. The rock star never authorized this slanderous biography. |
candidate | A person or thing regarded as suitable for or likely to receive a particular fate, treatment, or position. She was the perfect candidate for a biography. |
commissioned | Given official approval to act. Commissioned broker. |
commissioner | A member of a commission. A baseball commissioner. |
delegate | A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular an elected representative sent to a conference. Edward was delegated to meet new arrivals. |
denominate | (of sums of money) be expressed in a specified monetary unit. Two principal types of word associates can be denominated paradigmatic and syntagmatic. |
designate | Decree or designate beforehand. The Wye Valley is designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. |
distribute | Cause to be distributed. The journal is distributed worldwide. |
excellency | An outstanding feature; something in which something or someone excels. The characteristic excellencies of Wordsworth's poetry are listed. |
inaugural | An inaugural speech especially one made by an incoming US president. His inaugural concert as Music Director. |
mayor | The head of a city government. |
minister | Act as a minister of religion. Bishops in England were faced with a loss of priests to minister the sacraments. |
name | Mention by name. She decided to name the child Edward. |
nominate | Put forward nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position. The nominate race and two subspecies occur. |
ordain | (of God or fate) decide (something) in advance. The king ordained that these courts should be revived. |
ordained | Fixed or established especially by order or command. An ordained priest. |
president | The office of the United States head of state. The Irish president. |
reassign | Appoint (someone) to a different post or role. He ordered the ministries to reassign the vehicles. |
reconfirm | Confirm again. Berghofer resigned but was reconfirmed as mayor of Dresden shortly afterwards. |
reservation | A district that is reserved for particular purpose. Do you have a reservation. |
respectfully | Used to express politeness to mitigate the effect of a refusal or disagreement. I respectfully declined their invitation. |
successor | A thing or person that immediately replaces something or someone. He was President Lincoln s successor. |
task | Assign a task to. The endless task of classifying the samples. |
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