be known as

Questions about be known as

What does be known as mean?

be known as means "assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for be known as?

Close synonyms include name, call, know as, think of, repute. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is be known as a common word?

be known as is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.