Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun appellative

1 sense of appellative

Sense 1
appellation, denomination, designation, appellative -- (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")

Antonyms of adj appellative

1 of 2 senses of appellative

Sense 2
appellative, naming (prenominal) -- (inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites")

INDIRECT (VIA denotative) -> connotative -- (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)

Similarity of adj appellative

2 senses of appellative

Sense 1
appellative -- (pertaining to or dealing with or used as a common noun)

Sense 2
appellative, naming (prenominal) -- (inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites")
       => denotative (vs. connotative), denotive -- (having the power of explicitly denoting or designating or naming)