naming

1. 1.

   the verbal act of naming

   “the part he failed was the naming of state capitals”

   Broaderspeech act

   Narroweracrophonynumerationindicationspecification
2. 2.

   the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

   “the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee”

   Synonymsappointmentassignmentdesignation

   Broaderdecision

   Narrowernominationco-optiondelegacyordinationrecognition

1. 1.

   inclined to or serving for the giving of names

   “the appellative faculty of children”

   “the appellative function of some primitive rites”

   Synonymsappellative

   Similardenotative

Other forms of naming

plural

namings·

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 naming

What does naming mean?

naming means "the verbal act of naming". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in naming?

naming has 2 syllables: na-ming. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˈneɪmɪŋ/.

What is another word for naming?

Close synonyms include appointment, assignment, designation, appellative. 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 naming a common word?

naming is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.