US /ˌriːˈneɪm/ UK /ˌriːˈneɪm/
verb Freq #39022

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to give a person, place, organization, or thing a new name

    After the revolution, the council voted to rename the avenue in honor of the new republic.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to give a person, place,... retitlerechristen
Word family
Forms renamed
Derived forms renamedrenaming
Related forms nameeponymtoponym

Etymology

Formed from re-, 'again or anew,' and name. Name descends from Old English nama and the same ancient Indo-European family as Latin nomen. Rename therefore means literally 'to name anew.'

Topics

markdown

Send feedback

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.