| Appellation 1. (n.) A name, title or designation. 2. (n.) The act of calling by a name. 3. (n.) The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known. Thesaurus Entries appellative, baptism, binomen, binomial name, byword, calling, christening, cognomen, cryptonym, definition, denomination, designation, empty title, epithet, eponym, euonym, handle, honorific, hyponym, identification, label, moniker, name, namesake, naming, nicknaming, nomen, nomen nudum, proper name, proper noun, scientific name, secret name, style, styling, tag, tautonym, terming, title, trinomen, trinomial name |