| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A famous person: celebrity, hero, lion, luminary, notable, personage, personality. Informal : big name. See KNOWLEDGE. 2. The word or words by which one is called and identified: appellation, appellative, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, nickname, style, tag, title. Slang : handle, moniker. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 3. Public estimation of someone: character, report, reputation, repute. Informal : rep. See RESPECT. | | VERB: | 1. To select for an office or position: appoint, designate, make, nominate, tap1. See CHOICE. 2. To describe with a word or term: call, characterize, designate, label, style, tag, term. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 3. To give a name or title to: baptize, call, christen, denominate, designate, dub, entitle, style, term, title. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 4. To refer to by name: cite, instance, mention, specify. See SPECIFIC.
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