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
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
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Both words in one sentence
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Sengoku Basara usually links animals to the character's name or epithet.
Source: Animal Motifs -
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.
Source: Names To Run Away From / Nouns
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Name and Epithet. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/epithet/name
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