Meanings
present singular third person renames · participle present renaming · participle past renamed · past renamed
- transitiveTo give a new name to.
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
2025 January 21, Louis Casiano, “Coast Guard surging assets to Gulf of America, other waterways to support Trump’s executive orders”, in Fox News, archived from the original on 26 Feb 20255 more examples
However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris.
1957 September 28, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618[…] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.
2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 39, 40MERIDIAN (HNS) - Habitat 7 Renamed Ryder-I In honor of his achievements in the Heleus Cluster, the planet formerly known as Habitat 7 has been renamed after the human Pathfinder. The Pathfinder's father, former Pathfinder Alec Ryder, was killed exploring the planet. Now it will bear his son's name.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020, PC, scene: NexusTaipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.
2018 November 24, Huang Tzu-ti, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2018The order temporarily renames the United States Digital Service as the United States DOGE Service for 18 months and directs the entity to overhaul the software used at federal agencies as part of a “Software Modernization Initiative” in order to “maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.”
2025 January 20, Michael Williams, “Executive actions Trump has taken so far”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2025Synonyms: rebaptize, rechristen
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo give a new name to.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Germanic*namô
- Proto-West Germanic*namō
- Old Englishnama
- Middle Englishname
- Englishname
- Englishrename
Translations
Bulgarian преименувам
- преименувам (preimenuvam)to give a new name to
Catalan reanomenar, rebatejar
- reanomenarto give a new name to
- rebatejarto give a new name to
Chinese Mandarin 重命名, 重新命名
- 重命名 (chóngmìngmíng)to give a new name to
- 重新命名 (chóngxīn mìngmíng)to give a new name to
- 改名 (gǎimíng)to give a new name to
- 改稱 /改称 (gǎichēng)to give a new name to
Czech přejmenovat
- přejmenovatto give a new name to
Dutch hernoemen
- hernoemento give a new name to
Esperanto renomi
- renomito give a new name to
Finnish nimetä uudelleen, uudelleennimetä
- nimetä uudelleento give a new name to
- uudelleennimetäto give a new name to
French renommer
- renommerto give a new name to
German umbenennen, umtaufen
- umbenennento give a new name to
- umtaufento give a new name to
Hungarian átnevez, átkeresztel
- átnevezto give a new name to
- átkeresztelto give a new name to
Irish athainmnigh
- athainmnighto give a new name to
Italian rinominare, ribattezzare
- rinominareto give a new name to
- ribattezzareto give a new name to
Japanese 改名する, 改称する
- 改名する (kaimei suru)to give a new name to
- 改称する (kaishō suru)to give a new name to
Korean 개명하다
- 개명하다 (gaemyeonghada)to give a new name to
Latin trānsnōminō
- trānsnōminōto give a new name to
Malay namakan semula
- namakan semulato give a new name to
Norwegian omnavne, gi nytt navn
- omnavneto give a new name to
- gi nytt navnto give a new name to
Polish przemianowywać, przemianować
- przemianowywaćto give a new name to
- przemianowaćto give a new name to
Portuguese renomear, alterar nome
- renomearto give a new name to
- alterar nometo give a new name to
Russian переимено́вывать, переименова́ть
- переимено́вывать (pereimenóvyvatʹ)to give a new name to
- переименова́ть (pereimenovátʹ)to give a new name to
Scottish Gaelic ath-ainmich
- ath-ainmichto give a new name to
Spanish renombrar
- renombrarto give a new name to
Turkish yeniden adlandırmak
- yeniden adlandırmakto give a new name to
Ukrainian переймено́вувати, перейменува́ти
- переймено́вувати (perejmenóvuvaty)to give a new name to
- перейменува́ти (perejmenuváty)to give a new name to
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with rename
Anagrams
Cite this entry
rename. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rename
“rename.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rename. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rename,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rename.
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