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

10 senses of title

Sense 1
title, statute title, rubric -- (a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools")
       => heading, header, head -- (a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text")

Sense 2
title -- (the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.; "he looked for books with the word `jazz' in the title"; "he refused to give titles to his paintings"; "I can never remember movie titles")
       => 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")

Sense 3
title -- (a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work; "the novel had chapter titles")
       => subheading, subhead -- (a heading of a subdivision of a text)

Sense 4
championship, title -- (the status of being a champion; "he held the title for two years")
       => high status -- (a position of superior status)

Sense 5
deed, deed of conveyance, title -- (a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment")
       => legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument -- ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Sense 6
title, title of respect, form of address -- (an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'; "the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title")
       => appellation, denomination, designation, appellative -- (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Sense 7
title, claim -- (an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim")
       => legal right -- (a right based in law)

Sense 8
title -- ((usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read")
       => writing, written material, piece of writing -- (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing")

Sense 9
title -- (an appellation signifying nobility; "`your majesty' is the appropriate title to use in addressing a king")
       => appellation, denomination, designation, appellative -- (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Sense 10
claim, title -- (an informal right to something; "his claim on her attentions"; "his title to fame")
       => right -- (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away")

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

2 senses of title

Sense 1
entitle, title -- (give a title to)
       => name, call -- (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")

Sense 2
style, title -- (designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation `The Confederate States'")
       => name, call -- (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")