APPOINTIVE Synonyms

• appointed to a post or duty

• the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)

• one who is the object of choice; who is given preference

• an exclusive group of people

• subject to popular election

• appointed by nomination

• chosen in preference to another

• a person appointed or elected to represent others

• transfer power to someone

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• appointed but not yet installed in office

• assign a name or title to

• give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• decree or designate beforehand

• design or destine

• set up for use

• put into an office or a position

• place

• a language unit by which a person or thing is known

• a person's reputation

• family based on male descent

• a well-known or notable person

• by the sanction or authority of

• a defamatory or abusive word or phrase

• assign a specified (usually proper) name to

• give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property

• charge with a function; charge to be

• create and charge with a task or function

• mention and identify by name

• make reference to

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of

• determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis