- appellation, denomination, designation, appellative - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
--1 is a kind of name
--1 has particulars:street name; nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet; title, title of respect; title Derived form: verb designate1 - appointment, assignment, designation, naming - the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
--2 is a kind of decision, determination, conclusion
--2 has particulars:nomination; co-option, co-optation; delegacy; ordination, ordinance; recognition Derived form: verb designate2 - designation, identification - the act of designating or identifying something
--3 is a kind of determination, finding
--3 has particulars: diagnosis, diagnosingDerived form: verb designate1