Nominate

//ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt//

Synonyms for "nominate" (68 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (14)

appoint name apply assign back back up baptize bename call cast choose

Verb(3 words)

Strong matches (20)

christen commission define delegate denominate designate dub elect endorse entitle finger forward identify indorse intend label make

Verb(3 words)

constitute denominate make

Related words (34)

mean name for office nickname offer ordain ordinate pitch present proffer propose purpose put forth put forward put up recommend run run for office select specify style

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submit suggest support tab tag tap tender term title vote

Verb(4 words)

propose put forward put up specify

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

12 entries

appoint charge choose constitute establish found institute pick out plant propose select take

Synonyms

3 entries

appoint bename name

Related terms

2 entries

denominate nomination

derived

10 entries

disnominate nominate contract nominate executor nominatee nominately nominator nonnominated prenominate renominate unnominated

has context

1 entries

zoology

manner of

1 entries

choose

related to

10 entries

candidate denominate entitle name nominal nomination nominotypical office position role

Translations

52 translations across 30 languages.

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

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)

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