Epithet and Name

Epithet

Epithet noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.
Usage example: the school has a strict ban against the use of racial, ethnic, religious, and sexual epithets
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Synonyms for Epithet

Name is a synonym for epithet in thing topic. In some cases you can use "Name" instead a noun "Epithet", when it comes to topics like specific, subject, appellation, nickname. popular alternative

Name

Name noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.
Usage example: introduced himself and then asked what my name was

Epithet is a synonym for name in title topic. You can use "Epithet" instead a noun "Name", if it concerns topics such as thing, specific, subject, someone. popular alternative

Nearby Words: named, nameless, naming

How words are described

human human epithet human name
common common epithet common name
specific specific epithet specific name
popular popular epithet popular name
Other adjectives: actual, unfortunate, bad, personal, forgotten, different, said, western, roman, Hebrew.

Both words in one sentence

  • Animal Motifs Sengoku Basara usually links animals to the character's name or epithet.
    Source: Animal Motifs
  • Megalodon Note that "megalodon" is the animal's specific epithet, not the generic name, so it should not be capitalized.
    Source: Megalodon
  • Not actually her name; this was an epithet given to Warmaster Jha'dur of the Dilgar people.
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