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EPITHET: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for EPITHET?

Need another word that means the same as “epithet”? Find 7 synonyms and 30 related words for “epithet” in this overview.

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Epithet as a Noun
Definitions of "Epithet" as a noun
Synonyms of "Epithet" as a noun (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Epithet" as a noun
Associations of “Epithet” (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Epithet” are: name, sobriquet, nickname, byname, title, label, tag

Epithet as a Noun

Definitions of "Epithet" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “epithet” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A defamatory or abusive word or phrase.
An epithet used as a term of abuse.
An adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
Descriptive word or phrase.

Synonyms of "Epithet" as a noun (7 Words)

byname	A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name. Surnames started off as bynames to distinguish two persons in the same locality.
label	A narrow horizontal strip, typically with three downward projections, that is superimposed on a coat of arms by an eldest son during the life of his father. The label* salsa seems especially meaningless when applied to musicians like Tito Puente.*
name	A word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to. Halt in the name* of the law.*
nickname	A descriptive name for a place or thing. Joe s mother would not use his nickname* and always called him Joseph.*
sobriquet	A person’s nickname. She was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet* Duchesse.*
tag	A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. Semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word.
title	Written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action. A grocery family had title* to the property.*

Usage Examples of "Epithet" as a noun

People jeered and hurled racial epithets.
Old men are often unfairly awarded the epithet ‘dirty.

Associations of “Epithet” (30 Words)

adopt	Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’s own. Adopt a book for a screenplay.
affectionate	Expressing fondness. His affectionate* nature.*
alias	As known or named at another time or place. Fringes at higher spatial frequency are aliased by the sensor.
alphabetically	In alphabetical order. Books are now arranged alphabetically* by author.*
ashen	Made of wood of the ash tree. The ashen* morning sky.*
black	Black clothing worn as a sign of mourning. A black* moonless night.*
blond	A light grayish yellow to near white. Blond Scandinavians.
cognomen	The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member’s given name.
daughter	A thing personified as a daughter in relation to its origin or source. We are the sons and daughters of Adam.
descendants	All of the offspring of a given progenitor.
dub	The new sounds added by dubbing. Prewaxed thread has dramatically eased the process of dubbing.
enslavement	The state of being a slave. The enslavement* of millions of Africans.*
father	Appear as or admit that one is the father or originator of. He s held to be the father* of abstract art.*
given	Acknowledged as a supposition. They gathered at a given* time.*
gray	Horse of a light gray or whitish color. Gray flannel suit.
grey	Especially of hair become grey with age. The grey* economy.*
incognito	An assumed or false identity. In order to observe you have to be incognito.
magenta	A primary subtractive color for light a dark purple red color the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859 the year of the battle of Magenta. A short magenta* dress.*
maroon	Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue. Ornate maroon* and gold wallpaper.*
moniker	A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name. His real moniker* is Dave Kennedy.*
name	Identify correctly by name. They studied all the great names in the history of France.
nickname	Give a nickname to. Joe s mother would not use his nickname* and always called him Joseph.*
patronymic	A family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O’- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor. A patronymic* derived from the name of their original lordship.*
silhouette	Project on a background such as a screen like a silhouette. We can always use a silhouette* of Father Christmas.*
sir	Term of address for a man. Excuse me sir.
sobriquet	A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person’s given name. She was a vast and haughty person who answered to the sobriquet* Duchesse.*
stygian	Dark and dismal as of the rivers Acheron and Styx in Hades.
surname	Give a surname to. He changed his surname* from Kaye to Kasmin.*