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proper name

NOUN

name

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brand flag label nickname sign signature style term

STRONG

agnomen alias appellation autograph cognomen denomination designation epithet eponym handle head heading matronymic moniker monogram namesake patronymic pseudonym rubric sobriquet surname tag

WEAK

agname autonym compellation nom de guerre nom de plume nomen pen name pet name place name prenomen stage name trade name

Antonyms

WEAK

unknown

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proper name

The fate of “Predator: Badlands” rides on Dek, the first iteration of the title creature to have a proper name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

The garden centre - Hartley's Nurseries to give it its proper name - is 10 miles or so outside of Liverpool and is a sixth-generation family business.

From BBC ● May 27, 2025

Everett’s inversion of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” told by the eponymous James, allows its narrator to reclaim both his proper name and history from the character Twain simply called “Jim.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024

Anyone who can weasel that amount of money out of a purported institution of higher learning should now be known by his proper name.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 21, 2023

The proper name for them would be manchets.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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