Word Type

Verb

Adjective

Adjective

The word "designate" can be used as verb, adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Commissioner-designate designatable designated driver designated hitter designator designatory designee indesignate nondesignating predesignate redesignate

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

appoint assign attribute charge inform ordain plan

Related Terms

codesignative designation designative designatum

Related Terms

appointed call chosen codesignative designation designative designatum distinguish indicate mark out point out set apart show

Similar Terms

incoming incoming

Synonym Network

characterize delegate denominate denote describe destine entitle indicate intend name style

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