named

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/neɪmd/

adjective

Having a name.

“Her dog is named Lucky.”

Similar
called
Opposite
unnamed
Very commonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectivenamed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving a name.

    The county contains various named streams and several unnamed ones.

    Antonyms: unnamed

  2. not comparablecomputingAn argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its name in the invocation code, rather than on its position; compare with positional.
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of name

    Her dog is named Lucky.

    2 more examples

    Near-synonym: called (verb)

    My nephew is named after his maternal grandfather.

    Synonyms: called

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving a name.

Opposite
unnamed
Also see
calledonymous

Translations

Czech pojmenovaný
  • pojmenovanýhaving a name
Dutch genaamd
  • genaamdhaving a name
Finnish nimetty
  • nimettyhaving a name
French nommé
  • nomméhaving a name
Greek ονοματισμένος, ονοματιζόμενος
  • ονοματισμένος (onomatisménos)having a name
  • ονοματιζόμενος (onomatizómenos)having a name
  • ονόματι (onómati)having a name
Indonesian bernama
  • bernamahaving a name
Norwegian navngitt
  • navngitthaving a name
Turkish adlı, isimli
  • adlıhaving a name
  • isimlihaving a name

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with named

framedaimedacclaimedblamedunnamedfamedinflamedflamedshamedmaimedlamed
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Anagrams

amendMedanEdmanMandedemanMadenmaned
Cite this entry
APA

named. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/named

MLA

“named.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/named. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “named,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/named.

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