named

Meanings

Verb

• assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
  • "They named their son David"
  • "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
  • "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"
• charge with a function; charge to be
  • "She was named Head of the Committee"
• create and charge with a task or function
• mention and identify by name
• make reference to
• identify as in botany or biology, for example
• give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of
• determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
• simple past and past participle of name

Adj

• Having a name.
• An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.

Synonyms

advert, appoint, bring up, call, cite, constitute, describe, diagnose, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out, list, make, mention, name, nominate, refer

Antonyms

unnamed

Related Words

called