All designate synonyms
des·ig·nate
D d verb designate
- individualize — to make individual or distinctive; give an individual or distinctive character to.
- depute — If you are deputed to do something, someone tells or allows you to do it on their behalf.
- baptise — to immerse in water or sprinkle or pour water on in the Christian rite of baptism: They baptized the new baby.
- authorise — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- characterise — to mark or distinguish as a characteristic; be a characteristic of: Rich metaphors characterize his poetry.
- deputise — to appoint as deputy.
- favour — to regard with favor: to favor an enterprise.
- specify — to mention or name specifically or definitely; state in detail: He did not specify the amount needed.
- point out — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- select — to choose in preference to another or others; pick out.
- mete — to distribute or apportion by measure; allot; dole (usually followed by out): to mete out punishment.
- tab — ht
- button down — (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- pin down — a small, slender, often pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, support, or attach things.
- put down for — If you put someone down for something, you write down their name and the fact that they are going to do, give, or buy that thing.
- set apart — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
adjective designate
- in waiting — a period of waiting; pause, interval, or delay.