What does "misname" mean?

A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.

What is a synonym for "misname"?

Common synonyms include: miscall, misnomer, misnomer.

//ˈmɪsneɪm// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A wrong, unsuitable, misleading, or injurious name or designation; misnomer.
"Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences."

Verb

1
To call by a wrong name. transitive
"Misnamed (and misgendered) was Patricia Glass Schuman, of Neal-Schuman Publishers."
2
assign in incorrect name to wordnet
3
To give an unsuitable or injurious name to; name incorrectly. transitive
"Near-synonym: misnomer"

"Like the name Macon Dead, it is a misname imposed by someone with no concern about the consequences."

From mis- + name.

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