| Library / English Dictionary |
APPELLATIVE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
Synonyms:
appellation; appellative; denomination; designation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("appellative" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appellative"):
street name (an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods))
byname; cognomen; moniker; nickname; sobriquet; soubriquet (a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name))
form of address; title; title of respect (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. 'Mr.' or 'General')
title (an appellation signifying nobility)
Derivation:
appellative (inclined to or serving for the giving of names)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Inclined to or serving for the giving of names
Example:
the appellative function of some primitive rites
Synonyms:
appellative; naming
Classified under:
Similar:
denotative; denotive (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)
Derivation:
appellative (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
noun (a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action)
