What are some alternative words for designate?
Synonyms for designate
ˈdɛz ɪgˌneɪt; -nɪt, -ˌneɪt
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Princeton's WordNet
designate(ip)(verb)
appointed but not yet installed in office
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outgoingdesignate, denominate(verb)
assign a name or title to
Synonyms:
depute, destine, delegate, assign, indicate, fate, show, doom, point, specify, denominate, intendAntonyms:
outgoingdelegate, designate, depute, assign(verb)
give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)
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put, deputize, set apart, indicate, arrogate, show, doom, destine, portion, point, ascribe, specify, depute, delegate, denominate, impute, attribute, assign, intend, allot, deputise, fateAntonyms:
outgoingindicate, 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"
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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 witnessAntonyms:
outgoingdestine, fate, doom, designate(verb)
decree or designate beforehand
"She was destined to become a great pianist"
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denominate, destine, intend, depute, delegate, fate, show, specify, indicate, doom, sentence, point, condemn, assignAntonyms:
outgoingintend, 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 apartAntonyms:
outgoing
Wiktionary
designate(verb)
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describe, style, name, entitle, denominate, characterizedesignate(verb)
Designated; appointed; chosen.
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entitle, characterize, style, describe, name, denominatedesignate(verb)
To call by a distinctive title; to name.
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describe, entitle, characterize, style, denominate, namedesignate(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
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for designate
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- обозначавам, определям, предназначавам, назначавам, именувам, означавамBulgarian
- ustanovit, označit, vymezit, jmenovatCzech
- bestimmen, nominieren, kennzeichnen, designieren, ausersehen, signieren, vorsehen, nennen, markieren, benennenGerman
- designar, titular, designadoSpanish
- osoittaa, nimetä, valita, korvamerkitä, merkitä, nimittää, määrittääFinnish
- titulizarIdo
- 称する, 示す, 指定するJapanese
- addīcōLatin
- designéierenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- numi, indica, desemna, designa, denumiRomanian
- называть, указывать, назначать, именоватьRussian
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