Rename
/ɹiːˈneɪm/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An instance of renaming.
"warning: detected divergent renames of foo to: bar quux"
Verb
- 1 To give a new name to. transitive
"However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris."
- 2 assign a new name to wordnet
- 3 name again or anew wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Tom bought Chuck's Bar and Grill, but he didn't rename it."
Etymology
From re- + name.