Scrabble & Words with friends points
- name is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 6
- name is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 6
- name is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of name
- assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to (verb)
Examples
- They named their son David
- The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader
Synonyms
- be known as
- call
- know as
- give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of (verb)
Synonyms
- list
- give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property (verb)
Examples
- Many senators were named in connection with the scandal
Synonyms
- identify
- family based on male descent (noun)
Examples
- he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name
Synonyms
- gens
- determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis (verb)
Synonyms
- diagnose
- charge with a function; charge to be (verb)
Examples
- She was named Head of the Committee
Synonyms
- make
- nominate
- identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb)
Synonyms
- describe
- discover
- distinguish
- identify
- key
- key out
- a defamatory or abusive word or phrase (noun)
Synonyms
- epithet
- a well-known or notable person (noun)
Examples
- they studied all the great names in the history of France
Synonyms
- figure
- public figure
- make reference to (verb)
Examples
- His name was mentioned in connection with the invention
Synonyms
- advert
- bring up
- cite
- mention
- refer
- create and charge with a task or function (verb)
Synonyms
- appoint
- constitute
- nominate
- a language unit by which a person or thing is known (noun)
Examples
- his name really is George Washington
- those are two names for the same thing
- a person's reputation (noun)
Examples
- he wanted to protect his good name
- by the sanction or authority of (noun)
Examples
- halt in the name of the law
- mention and identify by name (verb)
Examples
- name your accomplices!
See definition of name in Merriam Webster