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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

Camacho explains that the puppies are known by a number until they are three months old, when they are given a proper name.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2023

Not a grand cabin, to be sure; in fact, little more than a closet with a bunk and a scuttle, which was the proper name for porthole.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

proper name

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