Synonyms of denomination

denomination

noun

di-ˌnä-mə-ˈnā-shən 

as in name

a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known

a variety of creative works that today come under the denomination of "art"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• name
• moniker
• nomenclature
• title
• designation
• appellation
• surname
• nickname
• banner
• epithet
• denotation
• pseudonym
• handle
• monicker
• cognomen
• appellative
• compellation
• Christian name
• family name
• label
• first name
• given name
• baptismal name
• maiden name
• tag
• middle name
• forename
• pen name
• diminutive
• sobriquet
• vernacular
• trade name
• nom de plume
• patronymic
• alias
• binomial
• brand name
• monomial
• rubric
• misnomer
• soubriquet
• nom de guerre
• trademark
• matronymic
• hypocorism
• cryptonym
• trivial name
• byname

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of denomination

It was signed two years after the issue of slavery prompted Southern Baptists to split from Northern Baptists and form the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. —Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2025

Bovino showed many photos of churches, representing a variety of Christian denominations — First Reformed Dutch, Lutheran, Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist and related ethnic groups. —Susan Degrane, Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025

The Southern Baptist Convention’s public policy head is leaving his post after nearly three years, a tenure marked by nonstop controversy over contentious political and cultural issues within the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. —Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 1 Aug. 2025

He was voted into the position during a recent gathering of the General Conference, the denomination’s top governing body, in St. Louis. —Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2025