Synonyms for designate
ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪt

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1. designate(ip)(verb)

   appointed but not yet installed in office

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

2. designate, denominate(verb)

   assign a name or title to

   Synonyms:
   depute, destine, delegate, assign, indicate, fate, show, doom, point, specify, denominate, intend

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

3. delegate, designate, depute, assign(verb)

   give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

   Synonyms:
   put, deputize, set apart, indicate, arrogate, show, doom, destine, portion, point, ascribe, specify, depute, delegate, denominate, impute, attribute, assign, intend, allot, deputise, fate

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

4. indicate, point, designate, show(verb)

   indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

   "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"

   Synonyms:
   fate, taper, place, suggest, demo, exhibit, register, show, testify, head, depict, target, evidence, sharpen, maneuver, present, read, indicate, specify, point, channelize, record, betoken, denominate, repoint, channelise, picture, assign, signal, shew, steer, usher, intend, manoeuver, delegate, destine, aim, manoeuvre, depute, level, prove, render, direct, charge, luff, doom, establish, demonstrate, evince, argue, bespeak, express, orient, guide, show up, bear witness

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

5. destine, fate, doom, designate(verb)

   decree or designate beforehand

   "She was destined to become a great pianist"

   Synonyms:
   denominate, destine, intend, depute, delegate, fate, show, specify, indicate, doom, sentence, point, condemn, assign

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

6. intend, destine, designate, specify(verb)

   design or destine

   "She was intended to become the director"

   Synonyms:
   fate, qualify, narrow, peg down, show, fix, nail down, delineate, stand for, point, pin down, doom, determine, indicate, particularize, assign, specify, think, intend, signify, delegate, destine, specialize, mean, depute, delimit, specialise, stipulate, delimitate, define, limit, denominate, condition, particularise, set, narrow down, set apart

   Antonyms:
   outgoing

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1. designate(verb)

   Synonyms:
   describe, style, name, entitle, denominate, characterize

2. designate(verb)

   Designated; appointed; chosen.

   Synonyms:
   entitle, characterize, style, describe, name, denominate

3. designate(verb)

   To call by a distinctive title; to name.

   Synonyms:
   describe, entitle, characterize, style, denominate, name

4. designate(verb)

   To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

   Synonyms:
   style, describe, characterize, entitle, name, denominate

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. designate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   specify, particularize, distinguish, define, indicate, denote, show, point out, mark out

2. designate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   denominate, name, entitle, style, call, dub, term, characterize, describe, christen

3. designate(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   appoint, assign, allot

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1. List of paraphrases for "designate":

   appoint, nominate, designating, designated, designation, denote, identify, appointed, designates, assign, describe, minister-designate, refer, appointing, specified

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How to use designate in a sentence?

1. District Judge Amit Mehta:

   My experience is that they are going to designate all or nearly all of the information that they produce as highly confidential, that’s what’s going to happen.

2. Marci Hamilton:

   Where the public transportation is open to all, there is a strong argument to designate a limited public forum to ensure a peaceful and efficient system aimed at getting the public to their destinations first and foremost.

3. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

   Between the age limits of nine and fourteen there occur maidens who, to certain bewitched travelers, twice or many times older than they, reveal their true nature which is not human, but nymphic (that is, demoniac); and these chosen creatures I propose to designate as nymphets.

4. Nabih Berri:

   Why this blockage? The answer certainly lies with the president and prime minister-designate, god willing, the French President Emmanuel Macron will be able to do something in his coming visit. We can only wait.

5. Foreign Ministry:

   The manner in which the foreign minister of Brazil suddenly informed (us of) the postponement ... when the ambassador designate was already at the palace, is unacceptable to Indonesia.

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