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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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

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

Both islands were ever after sacred to her, and she was called Cytherea or the Cyprian as often as by her proper name.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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