nominate: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 10 letter points · starts with N · ends with E
Meaning of nominate
verb
To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
To specify in advance which pocket a ball will be potted in; to call; to name.
To designate a peer (or oneself) as corresponding to a (potentially positive or negative) description.
- obsolete
To entitle, confer a name upon.
Listed forms: nominates, nominating, nominated.
Source: Wiktionary — nominate.
adj
- not-comparable
nominotypical
Example: the nominate subspecies
- not-comparable, obsolete
Named, called; nominated, appointed etc.
- not-comparable, obsolete
Mentioned by name, noted.
- not-comparable, obsolete
Nominated to an office.
Example: an executor nominate / a nominate executor
Source: Wiktionary — nominate.
noun
- obsolete
A nominee.
Listed forms: nominates.
Source: Wiktionary — nominate.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for nominate.
verb
propose as a candidate for some honor
- put up
- put forward
verb
put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position
verb
charge with a function; charge to be
verb
create and charge with a task or function
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is nominate in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of nominate
N(1) + O(1) + M(3) + I(1) + N(1) + A(1) + T(1) + E(1) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of nominate
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from nominate
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