Name
Name noun - Outward and often deceptive indication.
Usage example: a celebrity who is the head of the charitable organization in name only
How words are described
| human | human name | human shell |
| similar | similar name | similar shell |
| single | single name | single shell |
| small | small name | small shell |
| Other adjectives: entire, big, new, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When in costume, he removed his shell (his superhero name stemmed from the difficulty of telling what species he was without the shell).
Source: Removable Shell - Similarly, the Anti Cliche and Mary Sue Elimination Society (thus the name), also in its own shared universe but in a much smaller shell.
Source: Mary-Sue Hunter -
The blue-eyed surfing Pikachu in the episode "The Pi-Kahuna" is called Puka, which obviously sounds like "Pika" but is also the name of a type of shell popularly used in Hawaiian jewelry.
Source: Punny Name
Cite this Source
Shell and Name. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/shell
Name & Shell. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/shell>.
Shell or Name. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/name/shell.
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