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name for

name for verb: synonym of name after.

Verb

name for (third-person singular simple present names for, present participle naming for, simple past and past participle named for)

  1. (North-America, uncommon, potentially nonstandard) Synonym of name after.
    Synonyms:
    name after

Synonyms of name for

Forms of name for

third-person singular presentnames for
present participlenaming for
past participlenamed for
pastnamed for

Questions about name for

What does name for mean?
Name for means synonym of name after.
What part of speech is name for?
Name for is a verb.
What is the past tense of name for?
The past tense of name for is named for.

Words near name for in the dictionary

  1. name dropper
  2. name droppers
  3. name dropping
  4. name droppings
  5. name drops
  6. name for
  7. name it, claim it
  8. name names
  9. name of the game
  10. name one's poison
  11. name part

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