nomenclature

Noun

Meaning

A name.

A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary.

The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

terminology language classification label naming designation taxonomy lexicon appellation vocabulary name term word style title
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Antonyms

standard disorder quiet silence chaos nonsense
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Hypernyms

word

Hyponyms

markup language toponomy toponymy

Related terms

nomenclator nomenclatory numericlature

Examples

Never argue with a pedant over nomenclature. It wastes your time and annoys the pedant. Lois McMaster Bujold

We do not know nearly as much as we should about how children learn language, but if there is one thing we can say with assurance it is that knowledge of grammatical nomenclature and skill in sentence-parsing have no bearing whatsoever on the process. Neil Postman

The time I trust will come, perhaps within the lives of some of us, when the outline of this science will be clearly made out and generally recognised, when its nomenclature will be fixed, and its principles form a part of elementary instruction. Nassau William Senior

If all the theories pertinent to systems engineering could be discussed within a common framework by means of a standard set of nomenclature and definitions, many separate courses might not be required. A. Wayne Wymore

Subsequent generations of Leftists have tried to explain away the awkward nomenclature of the National Socialist German Workers' Party as either a cynical PR stunt or an embarrassing coincidence. In fact, the name meant what it said. Daniel Hannan

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Close letter words and terms

nomenclatural synonym nomenclaturalist nomenclaturally nomenclature article nomenclaturism nomenclaturist