Synonyms for label
ˈleɪ bəlla·bel

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. labelnoun

   To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).

   The shop assistant labeled all the products in the shop.

   Synonyms:
   sign, ticket, tag

2. labelverb

   To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.

   He's been unfairly labeled as a cheat, although he's only ever cheated once.

   Synonyms:
   category, pigeonhole

3. labelverb

   Synonyms:
   price, tag

4. labelverb

   Synonyms:
   pigeonhole, categorise, compartmentalise

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. labelnoun

   a brief description given for purposes of identification

   "the label Modern is applied to many different kinds of architecture"

   Synonyms:
   recording label

2. label, recording labelnoun

   trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

   "the artists and repertoire department of a recording label is responsible for finding new talent"

   Synonyms:
   recording label

3. labelnoun

   a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

   Synonyms:
   recording label

4. labelverb

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

   Synonyms:
   recording label

5. labelverb

   assign a label to; designate with a label

   "These students were labelled `learning disabled'"

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

6. tag, label, markverb

   attach a tag or label to

   "label these bottles"

   Synonyms:
   distinguish, dog, tail, pit, go after, mark, commemorate, pock, pronounce, give chase, tick, chase, differentiate, strike out, notice, punctuate, score, brand, grade, trail, check off, cross off, stigmatize, note, strike off, mark off, judge, stigmatise, nock, denounce, tag, scar, chase after, set, tick off, track, cross out, check

7. pronounce, label, judgeverb

   pronounce judgment on

   "They labeled him unfit to work here"

   Synonyms:
   guess, pass judgment, adjudicate, enounce, gauge, mark, enunciate, articulate, estimate, say, pronounce, evaluate, try, approximate, tag, judge, sound out

8. labelverb

   distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

9. labelverb

   distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

   Synonyms:
   mark, tag, judge, pronounce

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Declare
   • Description
   • Designate
   • Distinguish
   • Radioisotope
   • Trade Name

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1. List of paraphrases for "label":

   tag, labels, labelling, tags, etiquette, sticker, emblem, labeling, mark, marker, labelled, brand, tab, stamp, marking, tagging, caption, placard

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. label

   Synonyms:
   Package insert, patient package leaflet

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How to use label in a sentence?

1. Charles Gallagher:

   This is typically a label conferred on an individual, and it becomes subconsciously linked to the person by those around him or her.

2. Samantha Heller:

   Most people have no idea how much unnecessary sugar they are eating or from whence it comes, while sugar is a perfectly fine ingredient in many recipes, we are consuming far too much of it and in high amounts in foods that have little or no nutritional value. With the new label consumers will be able to identify the foods that perhaps they should be eating less of.

3. New Jersey-based Merck:

   Even if they cooperate with the FDA, share their safety data, and follow the agency's direction to 'hold off' on adding label warnings, they still cannot escape costly, burdensome tort litigation complaining about those labels.

4. Chris Lobanov-Rostovsky:

   The evidence is pretty conclusive that to use labels for people in a variety of areas, whether that’s in a sexual offense, or a learning disability, or other types of scenarios, that to label somebody actually makes outcomes worse rather than better.

5. Neil Collins:

   You are more than a number, a like or a vote. You are a voice. You are part of an authentic collective that is heard, honored and amplified to artists, their representation, managers, investors and record label,