ID badge

Workplace identity card

An ID badge is a card or tag worn visibly on the body, typically displaying the wearer's name, photo, and affiliation with an organization.

Employees wear them clipped to clothing or on lanyards for identification and building access: She swiped her ID badge at the door.

Also called an identification badge.

Related

clip · swipe · swipe card · access · access control · name · name tag · employee · employee entrance · visitor · front desk · plastic · hologram · barcode · laminated · keycard · entrance · clearance

Categories
Opposites
identification vs. anonymity

ID badgeanonymity

Unknown identity state

mask · disguise · alias · pseudonym · incognito

access vs. exclusion

ID badgeaccess denied

Entry permission withheld

banned list · blacklist · lockout · persona non grata · unauthorized

institutional belonging vs. outsider status

ID badgevisitor pass

Temporary site access credential

unaffiliated · trespasser · intruder · civilian · stranger

Family

badge, identify, identity, identified, identifying, identifier, identifiable, badges, badged

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G