- designation
- n1. indication, signification, denotation, pointing out, showing; expression, formulation, notation; specification, stipulation, particulariza-tion, individualization.2. appellation, name, title, honorific, style; epithet, appellative, by-word, label, tag; nickname, Sl. moniker, sobriquet, cognomen, agnomen, by-name, pet name, diminutive; pseudonym, anonym, allonym, alias, pen name, stage name.3. appointment, nomination, delegation; selection, choice, election; induction, ordination; assignment, appropriation, consignment, relegation, allotment.4. nature, character, condition; sort, kind, class, ilk, variety, type.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.