Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb label

5 senses of label

Sense 1
label -- (assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'")
       => designate, denominate -- (assign a name or title to)

Sense 2
tag, label, mark -- (attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles")
       => attach -- (cause to be attached)

Sense 3
pronounce, label, judge -- (pronounce judgment on; "They labeled him unfit to work here")
       => declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent")

Sense 4
label -- (distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom)
       => distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")

Sense 5
label -- (distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions)
       => distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart -- (mark as different; "We distinguish several kinds of maple")

Similarity of adj labelled

1 sense of labelled

Sense 1
labeled (vs. unlabeled), labelled, tagged -- (bearing or marked with a label or tag; "properly labeled luggage")