Nominate

//ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt//

Synonyms for "nominate" (68 found)

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Translations

52 translations across 30 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • رَشَّحَ verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • عَيَّنَ verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • назна́чыць verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • назнача́ць verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • прызна́чыць verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • прызнача́ць verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • назнача́ verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • назнача́вам verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • номини́рам verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Catalan

2 entries
  • nomenar verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • nominar verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 指名 verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • 提名 verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Czech

1 entries
  • nominovat verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Danish

1 entries
  • nominere verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Finnish

1 entries
  • asettaa ehdolle verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

French

2 entries
  • nominer verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • nommer verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

German

1 entries
  • nominieren verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Greek

1 entries
  • αναγορεύω verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • jelöl verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • tilnefna verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • menunjuk verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ノミネートする verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • 指名する verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Khmer

1 entries
  • តែងតាំង verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Korean

2 entries
  • 노미네이트하다 verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • 지명하다 verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • на́значи verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • назна́чува verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • номини́ра verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Maltese

1 entries
  • innomina verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Māori

2 entries
  • tautapa verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • whakaingoa verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Persian

1 entries
  • نامیدن verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Polish

1 entries
  • nominować verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • nomear verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Russian

2 entries
  • назна́чить verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • назнача́ть verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ainmich verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Slovak

1 entries
  • nominovať verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Spanish

2 entries
  • nominar verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • postular verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • isangalan verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • ngalanin verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • sangalanin verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ви́значити verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • визнача́ти verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • призна́чити verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • признача́ти verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • xướng danh verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)
  • đề cử verb (to name someone for a particular role or position)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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I would like to nominate Don Jones as chairman.

Source: tatoeba (20010)

Nominate now the champion of gender-balanced business.

Source: tatoeba (538976)

I nominate Tom.

Source: tatoeba (5758401)

I nominate him.

Source: tatoeba (8478749)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.