| verb | propose as a candidate for some honor |
| verb | put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position “The President nominated her as head of the Civil Rights Commission” |
| verb | charge with a function; charge to be “She was named Head of the Committee” |
| verb | create and charge with a task or function “nominate a committee” |
| adjective | appointed by nomination |
| nominative | adjective | appointed by nomination |
| nomination | noun | the condition of having been proposed as a suitable candidate for appointment or election |
| nominator | noun | someone who proposes a candidate for appointment or election |
| naming | noun | the act of putting a person into a non-elective position |
| appointive | adjective | relating to the act of appointing |
| appointee | noun | a person who is appointed to a job or position |
| nominate | verb | put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position |