How did Vlad the Impaler get his epithet?
Source: tatoeba (10104639)
Epithet
/ˈɛp.ɪˌθɛt/
Synonyms for "epithet" (214 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
Noun(40 words)
cryptonymcursecusscuss outcuss worddamndenominationdesignationdevicedirty namedirty worddysphemismempty titleepigraphepithetizeeponymeuonymexpletivefoul invectivehandle
Adjective(2 words)
emblematic descriptorgoddamn
Related words (107)
Noun(71 words)
icemaninsultinvectiveizanagijagganathjaipurjezebelskikeleftyliarmaestromahatmamiscreantsmonickersmonikermoochermotherfuckermuttonheadnamenanus
Show 51 more words
nazisnicknamenicknamesnigernigganiggasniggerspeckerwoodpejorativepejorative labelingpejorativespepluspilosellapoilupollachiuspommyprudequeersracial slurrapscallionruffianismscarfacescofflawscullionscumbagssheenyslurslursslutsnobssobriquetsobriquetssorcererssoubriquetsoubriquetsspasticsspecies epithetspecific epithetspeedstersquawstagirusstock phrasethugtippecanoetisiphonevoldemortwannabeswetbackwomanizeryobyokels
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
20 entriescalumniationcalumnycharacterisationcharacterizationdefamationdelineationdepictiondesignationfigure of speechhatchet joblabelliterary deviceobloquypicturescientific nametaxonomic name
Showing 16 of 20 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
6 entriesderogatory epithetepithet in literatureheroic epithetpolitical epithetracial epithetstock epithet
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Tom was fired for using a racial epithet at work.
Source: tatoeba (10161554)
Sigurd was certainly foreign to Scandinavia; hence the epithet Hunnish, constantly applied to him, and the localising of the legend by the Rhine.
Source: tatoeba (12115800)
She would lean her head for hours on Beatrice's shoulder, only now and then applying to her some childish and endearing epithet.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 9 available sentences.