Meanings
plural titles
- The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
I know the singer's name, but not the title of the song.
- broadlyA published piece of media.
The retailer carries thousands of titles.
1 more example
Buyers of the new video game console can choose from three bundled titles.
- An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
Our bosom interest: go pronounce his present death With his former title greet Macbeth.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]2 more examples
The old man had always favored the match. He liked Clayton, and, being of an old southern family, he put rather an exaggerated value on the advantages of a title, which meant little or nothing to his daughter.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 100He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLCSynonyms: style
- lawLegal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
a good title to an estate, or an imperfect title
- In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- hobbiesThe recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- artsThe panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
With some City fans already leaving the stadium in tears, Edin Dzeko equalised in the second of five minutes of stoppage time before Sergio Aguero scored the goal that won the title.
2012 May 13, Phil McNulty, “Man City 3-2 QPR”, in BBC Sport1 more example
Equally disadvantageous to Jackson was the fact that other than the Jacksonville Athletic Club and the National Sporting Club, virtually no organization was willing to sponsor a title fight between a black fighter and a white one.
1997, David Kenneth Wiggins, Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America - formallawA long title.
- informallawA short title.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with
nouna legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
nounan identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. ‘Mr.’ or ‘General’
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintitulus
- Old Englishtitul
- Middle Englishtitle
- Englishtitle
From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans titel
- titelname of a book, etc
Ancient Greek τίτλος, ἐπιγραφή
- τίτλος (títlos)name of a book, etc
- ἐπιγραφή (epigraphḗ)name of a book, etc
Arabic لَقَب, عُنْوَان
- لَقَب (laqab)prefix or suffix added to a name
- عُنْوَان (ʕunwān)name of a book, etc
- عِنْوَان (ʕinwān)name of a book, etc
- اِسْم (ism)name of a book, etc
Basque izenburu
- izenburuname of a book, etc
Bulgarian загла́вие, пра́во на со́бственост
- загла́вие (zaglávie)subject of a writing
- пра́во на со́бственост (právo na sóbstvenost)right to ownership
- ти́тла (títla)prefix or suffix added to a name
- назва́ние (nazvánie)name of a book, etc
- загла́вие (zaglávie)name of a book, etc
- титулувам (tituluvam)to assign a title to
Catalan títol, títol
- títolsection or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc
- títolcertificate of ownership
- títolprefix or suffix added to a name
- títolname of a book, etc
Chinese Mandarin 標題 /标题, 書名 /书名
- 標題 /标题 (biāotí)subject of a writing
- 書名 /书名 (shūmíng)subject of a writing
- 所有權 /所有权 (suǒyǒuquán)right to ownership
- 稱號 /称号 (chēnghào)prefix or suffix added to a name
- 標題 /标题 (biāotí)name of a book, etc
- 書名 /书名 (shūmíng)name of a book, etc
Czech titul, název
- titulprefix or suffix added to a name
- názevname of a book, etc
Danish titel, titel
- titelprefix or suffix added to a name
- titelname of a book, etc
Dutch eigendomsrecht, eigendomsbewijs
- eigendomsrechtright to ownership
- eigendomsbewijscertificate of ownership
- eigendomscertificaatcertificate of ownership
- titelcertificate of ownership
- titelprefix or suffix added to a name
- titelname of a book, etc
Esperanto titolo, titoli
- titoloprefix or suffix added to a name
- titolito assign a title to
Finnish otsikko, otsikko
- otsikkosection or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc
- otsikkosubject of a writing
- aihesubject of a writing
- omistusoikeusright to ownership
- kauppakirjacertificate of ownership
- luovutuskirjacertificate of ownership
- arvonimiprefix or suffix added to a name
- titteliprefix or suffix added to a name
- niminame of a book, etc
- nimikename of a book, etc
- antaa nimito assign a title to
- myöntää arvonimito assign a title to
French intitulé, titre
- intitulésubject of a writing
- titrecertificate of ownership
- titreprefix or suffix added to a name
- titrename of a book, etc
German Überschrift, Eigentumsrecht
- Überschriftsubject of a writing
- Eigentumsrechtright to ownership
- Titelcertificate of ownership
- Eigentumsnachweiscertificate of ownership
- Titelprefix or suffix added to a name
- Titelname of a book, etc
Greek κυριότητα, τίτλος κυριότητας
- κυριότητα (kyriótita)right to ownership
- τίτλος κυριότητας (títlos kyriótitas)certificate of ownership
- τίτλος (títlos)prefix or suffix added to a name
- τίτλος (títlos)name of a book, etc
Hebrew תואר כבוד, תואר \ תֹּאַר
- תואר כבודprefix or suffix added to a name
- תואר \ תֹּאַר (tó'ar)prefix or suffix added to a name
- כּוֹתָר (kotar)name of a book, etc
Hindi उपनाम, कुलनाम
- उपनाम (upnām)prefix or suffix added to a name
- कुलनाम (kulnām)prefix or suffix added to a name
- शीर्षक (śīrṣak)name of a book, etc
- उनवान (unvān)name of a book, etc
- नाम (nām)name of a book, etc
Hungarian cím, jogcím
- címsubject of a writing
- jogcímright to ownership
- tulajdonjogright to ownership
- címright to ownership
- jogosultságright to ownership
- jogalapright to ownership
- jogcímigazoláscertificate of ownership
- címprefix or suffix added to a name
- titulusprefix or suffix added to a name
- beosztásprefix or suffix added to a name
- címname of a book, etc
Icelandic titill
- titillprefix or suffix added to a name
Indonesian hak kebendaan, hak milik
- hak kebendaanright to ownership
- hak milikright to ownership
- judulname of a book, etc
Italian titolo, titolo
- titoloprefix or suffix added to a name
- titoloname of a book, etc
- intitolareto assign a title to
Japanese 見出し, 標題
- 見出し (midashi)subject of a writing
- 標題 (hyōdai)subject of a writing
- 書名 (shomei)subject of a writing
- 所有権 (shoyūken)right to ownership
- 所有証 (shoyūshō)certificate of ownership
- 資格証 (shikakushō)certificate of ownership
- 称号 (shōgō)prefix or suffix added to a name
- 肩書き (katagaki)prefix or suffix added to a name
- 題名 (daimei)name of a book, etc
- 題 (dai)name of a book, etc
- 標題 (hyōdai)name of a book, etc
- タイトル (taitoru)name of a book, etc
Korean 표제, 표제
- 표제 (pyoje)subject of a writing
- 표제 (pyoje)subject of a writing
- 서명 (seomyeong)subject of a writing
- 소유권 (soyugwon)right to ownership
- 칭호 (chingho)prefix or suffix added to a name
- 칭호 (chingho)name of a book, etc
- 표제 (pyoje)name of a book, etc
- 표제 (pyoje)name of a book, etc
- 제목 (jemok)name of a book, etc
- 타이틀 (taiteul)name of a book, etc
Latin titulus, nōmen
- titulusprefix or suffix added to a name
- nōmenprefix or suffix added to a name
- titulusname of a book, etc
- nomenname of a book, etc
Malay hak milik, tajuk
- hak milikright to ownership
- tajukname of a book, etc
Māori taitara, taitara
- taitararight to ownership
- taitaracertificate of ownership
Norwegian overskrift
- overskriftsubject of a writing
Norwegian Bokmål tittel, tittel
- tittelsubject of a writing
- tittelprefix or suffix added to a name
- tittelname of a book, etc
Polish nagłówek, tytuł
- nagłóweksubject of a writing
- tytułprefix or suffix added to a name
- tytułname of a book, etc
- nazwaname of a book, etc
- tytułowaćto assign a title to
Portuguese título, título
- títulocertificate of ownership
- títuloprefix or suffix added to a name
- títuloname of a book, etc
Romanian titlu, titlu
- titluprefix or suffix added to a name
- titluname of a book, etc
Russian заголо́вок, загла́вие
- заголо́вок (zagolóvok)subject of a writing
- загла́вие (zaglávije)subject of a writing
- пра́во со́бственности (právo sóbstvennosti)right to ownership
- ти́тул (títul)prefix or suffix added to a name
- зва́ние (zvánije)prefix or suffix added to a name
- назва́ние (nazvánije)name of a book, etc
- загла́вие (zaglávije)name of a book, etc
- наименова́ние (naimenovánije)name of a book, etc
- заголо́вок (zagolóvok)name of a book, etc
Scottish Gaelic còir, tiotal
- còirright to ownership
- tiotalname of a book, etc
Slovak titul, názov
- titulprefix or suffix added to a name
- názovname of a book, etc
Spanish título, tutela
- títulosection or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc
- tutelaright to ownership
- títuloright to ownership
- títuloprefix or suffix added to a name
- títuloname of a book, etc
- titularto assign a title to
Swedish titel, titulera
- titelname of a book, etc
- titulerato assign a title to
Tamil பட்டம், தலைப்பு
- பட்டம் (paṭṭam)prefix or suffix added to a name
- தலைப்பு (talaippu)name of a book, etc
Thai ลักษณะ, สิทธิ
- ลักษณะ (lák-sà-nà)section or division of a subject, as a law, lawbook, etc
- สิทธิ (sìt-tí)right to ownership
- กรรมสิทธิ์ (gam-má-sìt)right to ownership
- คำนำหน้าชื่อ (kam-num-nâa-chʉ̂ʉ)prefix or suffix added to a name
- คำนำหน้านาม (kam-num-nâa-naam)prefix or suffix added to a name
- ชื่อเรื่อง (chʉ̂ʉ-rʉ̂ʉang)name of a book, etc
- ชื่อ (chʉ̂ʉ)name of a book, etc
- นาม (naam)name of a book, etc
- ฉายา (chǎa-yaa)name of a book, etc
Turkish başlık, ad
- başlıksubject of a writing
- adname of a book, etc
Ukrainian заголо́вок, ти́тул
- заголо́вок (zaholóvok)subject of a writing
- ти́тул (týtul)prefix or suffix added to a name
- звання́ (zvannjá)prefix or suffix added to a name
- на́зва (názva)name of a book, etc
- заголо́вок (zaholóvok)name of a book, etc
- за́головок (záholovok)name of a book, etc
Urdu لَقَب, عُنْوان
- لَقَب (laqab)prefix or suffix added to a name
- عُنْوان ('unvān)name of a book, etc
- نام (nām)name of a book, etc
- اِسْم (ism)name of a book, etc
Vietnamese tên, tên gọi
- tênname of a book, etc
- tên gọiname of a book, etc
Zulu ibizo
- ibizoname of a book, etc
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with title
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Cite this entry
title. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/title
“title.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/title. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “title,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/title.
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