label

1. 1.

   a brief description given for purposes of identification

   “the label modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture”

   Broaderdescription
2. 2.

   trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

   “the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent”

   Synonymsrecording label

   Broadertrade name
3. 3.

   a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

   Broaderradioisotope
4. 4.

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

   Broadermarker

   Narrowergummed labeltagtitle bar

Other forms of label

plural

labels·

past tense or participle

labelled

present participle

labelling

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about label

What does label mean?

label means "assign a label to; designate with a label". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in label?

label has 2 syllables: la-bel. The stress falls on "la". In IPA it is /ˈleɪbəl/.

What is another word for label?

Close synonyms include tag, mark, pronounce, judge, recording label. 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 label a common word?

label is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.