appellative, naming - inclined to or serving for the giving of names; "the appellative faculty of children"; "the appellative function of some primitive rites" Antonym:connotative (indirect, via denotative)
Nounappellative has 1 sense
appellation, denomination, designation, appellative - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others --1is a kind ofname --1has particulars: