know as

Questions about know as

What does know as mean?

know 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 know as?

Close synonyms include name, call, be known 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 know as a common word?

know 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.