rename
/ɹiːˈneɪm/
rename verb: to give a new name to.
Verb
rename (third-person singular simple present renames, present participle renaming, simple past and past participle renamed)
- To give a new name to.
- However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris.1957 September, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618
- […] And then, finally, we got to Vietnam. Given the dishonesty surrounding that war, I guess it's not surprising that, at the time, the very same condition was renamed post-traumatic stress disorder.2004, George Carlin, “EUPHEMISMS: Shell Shock to PTSD”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 39, 40
- Synonyms:
- rebaptize, rechristen
Noun
rename (plural renames)
- An instance of renaming.
- warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
bar
quux2009, Bryan O'Sullivan, Mercurial: The Definitive Guide, page 70
- warning: detected divergent renames of foo to:
rename meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Malay
rename in Tamil
- மறு பெயரிடு
rename in Malayalam
- to give a new name to
- പേരുമാറ്റുക pērumāṟṟuka
rename in Malay
- to give a new name to
- namakan semula
Examples of rename in a sentence
- After the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the original Supreme Court was renamed as the Senior Courts.
- The executive order calls for all federal government maps and documents to “reflect its renaming.”
- Eventually, he renamed his think tank the Machine Intelligence Research Institute, or MIRI.
Synonyms of rename
Forms of rename
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | renames |
| present participle | renaming |
| past participle | renamed |
| past | renamed |
| Noun | |
| plural | renames |
Origin of rename
From re- + name.
Words formed from rename
Words that rhyme with rename
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- reclaim
- same
- blame
- declaim
- disclaim
- squame
- aflame
- came
- defame
- fame
- rame
- ashame
- became
- crame
- exclaim
- mechanical game
- misname
- overcame
- proclaim
- second name
- BAME
- by name
- cyberfame
- deadname
- enflame
- file names
- good game
- hame
- herostratic fame
- maim
- Markush claim
- reclame
- run game
- sejm
- succame
- two can play this game
- video game
Questions about rename
- What does rename mean?
- Rename means to give a new name to.
- What is rename in Tamil?
- Rename in Tamil is மறு பெயரிடு. See Rename meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is rename?
- Rename can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce rename?
- Rename is pronounced /ɹiːˈneɪm/.
- What is the past tense of rename?
- The past tense of rename is renamed.
Words near rename in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rename (page history and authors); rename (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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