APPELLATIVE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) appellative is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

APPELLATIVE as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • inclined to or serving for the giving of names
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the appellative faculty of children
    • the appellative function of some primitive rites
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  2. Meaning
    • pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun
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