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

1 sense of name calling

Sense 1
name calling, names -- (verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument; "sticks and stones may break my bones but names can never hurt me")
       => defamation, calumny, calumniation, obloquy, traducement, hatchet job -- (a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions)