BE KNOWN AS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Look on as or consider

Example:

He is reputed to be intelligent

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "be known as" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Meaning:

Assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

Example:

The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader

Synonyms:

be known as; call; know as; name

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "be known as" is one way to...):

label (assign a label to; designate with a label)

Verb group:

call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)

address; call (greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "be known as"):

baptise; baptize; christen (administer baptism to)

refer (use a name to designate)

style; title (designate by an identifying term)

dub; nickname (give a nickname to)

rename (assign a new name to)

entitle; title (give a title to)

term (name formally or designate with a term)

tag (provide with a name or nickname)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something