labels

Meaning of labels

plural noun
  1. a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, or similar material attached to an object and giving information about it.
    the alcohol content is clearly stated on the label
    price labels
  2. a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive.
    the label ‘salsa’ seems especially meaningless when applied to musicians like Tito Puente
  3. a narrow horizontal strip, typically with three downward projections, that is superimposed on a coat of arms by an eldest son during the life of his father.
  4. another term for dripstone.
verb, 3rd person present
  1. attach a label to (something).
    she labelled the parcels neatly, writing the addresses in capital letters
  2. assign to a category, especially inaccurately or restrictively.
    many pupils felt that they were labelled as failures
    the critics labelled him a loser

Middle English (denoting a narrow strip): from Old French, ‘ribbon’, probably of Germanic origin and related to lap1.

Information about labels

  • The singular form of labels is: label.
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Hyphenation of labels

la-bels

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • labels is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

labels synonyms

Meaning a label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information:

tag

Meaning a label attached to a retail product, giving its price, size, and other details:

ticket

Meaning a small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information:

tab

Meaning an adhesive label or notice, generally printed or illustrated:

sticker

Meaning an object used to indicate a position, place, or route:

marker

Meaning a document or label listing the contents of a consignment or package:

docket

Meaning a short official note, typically recording a sum owed:

chit

Meaning another term for chit1:

chitty

Meaning a piece of cloth or similar material, typically oblong or square, attachable by one edge to a pole or rope and used as the symbol or emblem of a country or institution or as a decoration during public:

flag

Meaning a characteristic or distinctive impression or quality:

stamp

Meaning a piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence or that serves as an official record:

document

Meaning material that provides official information or evidence or that serves as a record:

documentation

Meaning an official name, description, or title:

designation

Meaning a name or designation:

denomination

Meaning a spoken or written account of a person, object, or event:

description

Meaning the creation or construction of a fictional character:

characterization

Meaning the action or process of identifying someone or something or the fact of being identified:

identification

Meaning a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to:

name

Meaning an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned:

epithet

Meaning a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name:

nickname

Meaning the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work:

title

Meaning a person's nickname:

sobriquet

Meaning a nickname, especially one given to distinguish a person from others with the same given name:

byname

Meaning a name or title:

appellation

Meaning an extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example Marcus Tullius Cicero:

cognomen

Meaning make a visible impression or stain on:

mark

Meaning place in a particular class or group:

categorize

Meaning assign to a particular class or category:

classify

Meaning assign or regard as belonging to a particular category:

class

Meaning describe the distinctive nature or features of:

characterize

Meaning give a detailed account in words of:

describe

Meaning officially give a specified status or name to:

designate

Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:

identify

Meaning make the sound of (a word or part of a word) in the correct or a particular way:

pronounce

Meaning mark out or describe as having a particular bad or shameful quality:

brand

Meaning express complete disapproval of; censure:

condemn

Meaning assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one:

pigeonhole

Meaning view or represent as a stereotype:

stereotype

Meaning assign (an actor or actress) repeatedly to the same type of role, as a result of the appropriateness of their appearance or previous success in such roles:

typecast

Meaning divide into discrete sections or categories:

compartmentalize

Meaning be characteristic or a representative example of:

typify

Meaning give (a baby or animal) a specified name:

call

Meaning give a descriptive name to; call by a specified term:

term

Meaning give an unofficial name or nickname to:

dub

Words that rhyme with labels

bels, Babels, babels, biolabels, cascabels, dowsabels, isabels, mislabels, radiolabels, relabels, Goebbels, goebbels, Jezebels, Rebels, debels, djebels, gebels, jebels, jezebels, nebels, rebels, decibels, gibels, libels, bulbels, umbels, barbels, corbels, rubels

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