label

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of LABEL

to attach an identifying slip to <he labeled all of the poisonous materials with the familiar skull and crossbones>

Synonyms mark, tag, ticket

Related Words caption, earmark, hallmark, stamp; call, designate, identify, name, tab; entitle, style, term, title; brand, stigmatize

to give a name to <in the past, teachers had a tendency to label the students “slow learners” when in fact they had treatable learning disabilities>

Synonyms baptize, call, christen, clepe [archaic], denominate, designate, dub, entitle, label, nominate, style, term, title

Related Words brand, stigmatize, tag; denote, specify; miscall, misname, mistitle; code-name, nickname; rechristen, relabel, rename; surname

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