DESIGNATIONS Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

designations

noun

plural of designation

as in monikers

a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known we've never given the homemade gadget a proper designation

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the state or fact of being chosen for a position or duty the surprising designation of an unknown as the running mate raised a few eyebrows

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Recent Examples of designations Your beneficiary designations on accounts with direct beneficiaries, including retirement accounts, life insurance, and transfer-on-death bank and brokerage accounts. — Cicely Jones, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The designations in question impacted business leaders and firms operating out of China, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Turkey, and Greece. — Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2026 The designations build on the State Department's September 2025 terrorist designations of Los Choneros and Los Lobos, and on earlier actions by Treasury against those groups and CJNG. — Richard Escobedo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 At the time of the announcement, neither the White House nor the Treasury Department had issued new executive orders or sanctions designations. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 The 7x2 and 9x4 designations are a denotation of the rockets' engine configurations. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Any changes in zoning designations won’t enable a site redevelopment or project approval by themselves. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2026 The essential point is that the three designations have become obsolete in the wake of nineteenth-century social and economic developments, but for that very reason are associated with Jews. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026 The Assessor’s Office concluded that wasn’t the case and gave the properties development designations. — Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Unlike Pluto's naming, when the public suggested monikers for the new planet, the public didn't participate in the scientific process of its recategorization.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026
The monikers Bella and Luna have consistently vied for the top spot, with Max topping the charts in 2022, before being unseated by Milo.

— Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of monikers

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Taking this unpaid time upfront, Bornstein hoped, might help shift the tenor of appointments later, and might even convince some to vaccinate once there was a sense of trust.

— Eric Boodman, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026
Faculty influence over big-picture decisions such as budgets and top appointments has declined nationally over the last two decades, and at USC, professors have complained that faculty input is often only advisory and can be overridden.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of appointments

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Putellas’ new team-mate Nikita Parris, who has won two top-tier titles and a Champions League in her career, suggests an athlete’s mental steel endures regardless of the context.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Tom Brady’s 23-season NFL career includes seven Super Bowl titles, three MVP awards, numerous endorsements with lifestyle brands like Ugg, and the distinction as the greatest player ever.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of titles

Noun

There are famous sailing ships with female names that many Americans can cite, such as the nicknames for the three Spanish ships — the Niña, Pinta and Santa María — used by Christopher Columbus during his famed first voyage to the New World in 1492.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Hig nicknames her The Beast, which seems more of an inner monologue moniker.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026

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With about 1,200 total producers in Barolo and 425 in Barbaresco—both of which make wine using the finicky Nebbiolo grape—very few grow grapes and make wine in both appellations.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2026
Adjacent to the Oakville Grocery, the facility offers more than 85 Napa wines in a historic, immersive space that teaches wine lovers about Napa’s history and appellations.

— Katie Sweeney, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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