dedication as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
dedication
noun
1 dedication
Complete and wholehearted fidelity.
Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
... show more
2 dedication
A ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose.
3 dedication
A message that makes a pledge.
synonym: commitment.
4 dedication
A short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something.
synonym: inscription.
Dutch: dedicatie
Polish: dedykacja
5 dedication
The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.
synonyms: allegiance, commitment, loyalty.
Dutch: verplichting, engagement, aanhankelijkheid, verbintenis
Polish: zadedykowanie
Moby thesaurus: abandon, acknowledgments, address, adherence, allegiance, altruism, ardency, ardor, assigned task, assignment, back, back matter, bastard title, beatification, beatitude, bibliography, blessedness, blessing, bounden duty, burden, business, call of duty, canonization, catch line, catchword, charge, colophon, commitment, committedness, consecration, constancy, contents, contents page, copyright page, decidedness, decision, decisiveness, deference, definiteness, determinateness, determination, determinedness, devoir, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, disinterest, disinterestedness, duties and responsibilities, duty, earnestness, endleaf, endpaper, endsheet, enshrinement, errata, ethics, exaltation, faith, faithfulness, fastness, fealty, fervency, fervidness, fervor, fidelity, fire, firmness, fixedness, flyleaf, folio, fore edge, foreword, front matter, glorification, grace, half-title page, hallowing, head, heartiness, heat, heatedness, homage, humility, impassionedness, imperative, imprint, index, inscription, intensity, intentness, introduction, justification, justification by works, leaf, line of duty, loyalty, makeup, message, mission, modesty, must, obligation, obstinacy, onus, ordainment, ordination, ought, page, passion, passionateness, perseverance, persistence, place, pledge, preface, preliminaries, purification, purpose, purposefulness, recto, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolvedness, respect, reverso, running title, sacrifice, sainthood, sainting, sanctification, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-devotion, self-effacement, self-forgetfulness, self-immolation, self-imposed duty, self-neglect, self-neglectfulness, self-renouncement, self-sacrifice, self-subjection, self-will, selflessness, seriousness, setting apart, signature, sincerity, single-mindedness, spirit, state of grace, staunchness, steadfastness, subtitle, table of contents, tail, tenacity, text, title, title page, total commitment, tried-and-trueness, triedness, trim size, trueness, type page, unacquisitiveness, unpossessiveness, unselfishness, vehemence, verso, warmth, wholeheartedness, will, zeal ... show more.
debug info: 0.0543