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name has 24 distinct synonyms spread across 11 of its 15 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
mention and identify by name
“name your accomplices!”
a language unit by which a person or thing is known
“his name really is George Washington”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for name come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
a person's reputation
“he wanted to protect his good name”
a well-known or notable person
“they studied all the great names in the history of France”
by the sanction or authority of
“halt in the name of the law”