MISNAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does misname mean? 

• MISNAME (verb)
  The verb MISNAME has 1 sense:

1. assign in incorrect name to

  Familiarity information: MISNAME used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MISNAME (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they misname    ... he / she / it misnames   
Past simple: misnamed   
Past participle: misnamed   
-ing form: misnaming   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign in incorrect name to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

miscall; misname

Context example:

These misnamed philanthropists

Hypernyms (to "misname" is one way to...):

call (ascribe a quality to or give a name of a common noun that reflects a quality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody