RENAME as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • assign a new name to
    Usage Example(s)
    • Many streets in the former East Germany were renamed in 1990
    Hypernyms(s) rename is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  2. Meaning
    • name again or anew
    Usage Example(s)
    • He was renamed Minister of the Interior
    Hypernyms(s) rename is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower