- another name for brand
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈbrand ˌname, n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Businessa name, etc., used by a company to identify its products or services in a special way;
trademark:"Kleenex'' is a brand name.
brand′ name′,
- Businessa word, name, symbol, etc., esp. one legally registered as a trademark, used by a manufacturer or merchant to identify its products distinctively from others of the same type and usually prominently displayed on its goods, in advertising, etc.
- Businessa product, line of products, or service bearing a widely known brand name.
- Informal Termsa person who is notable or famous, esp. in a particular field:The reception was replete with brand names from politics and the arts.
- 1920–25
- Businesshaving or being a brand name:nationally known brand-name food products.
- Informal Termswidely familiar;
well-known:Several brand-name personalities will be performing at the benefit.
- 1920–25
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brand name n
'brand name' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cash cow
- daks
- global product
- Gyprock
- home brand
- label
- no-name
- own brand
- Acrilan
- Alundum
- Bakelite
- Bendectin
- Benemid
- Betadine
- Biphetamine
- Borazon
- brand
- Brand X
- Celanese
- Cellosolve
- Chromel
- Chronotron
- Coca-colonize
- Coumadin
- Dalkon Shield
- Dexamyl
- Dictaphone
- Dictograph
- Dilaudid
- Dow metal
- Dyazide
- Enovid
- Everdur
- Flip-Top
- Freon
- Fuzzbuster
- generic
- Hula-Hoop
- Hypospray
- Identi-Kit
- Instamatic
- Jacuzzi
- kasha
- Kewpie
- Kleenex
- Klydonograph
- Klystron
- Krylon
- Leatheroid
- loafer