above-named
Earlier specified person
Above-named refers to a person or thing previously identified in a document or text: The above-named defendant failed to appear.
The term belongs to legal and formal writing, where it avoids repeating names.
Also written as two words or with the hyphen.
Previously mentioned in text
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- identifiedDetermined the identity of
- citedMentioned as evidence
- designatedOfficially selected beforehand
referenced · stipulated · party · defendant · plaintiff · herein · undersigned · signatory
aforementioned
Previously mentioned in text
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- identifiedDetermined the identity of
- citedMentioned as evidence
designated · referenced · stipulated · party · defendant · plaintiff · herein · undersigned · signatory · deponent
mentioned
Briefly referred to
stated · declared · described · acknowledged · recognized · referred · alluded · presented · disclosed · highlighted
above-namedfollowing
Coming after another
succeeding · subsequent · infra · below · after
above-namedunnamed
Not identified or specified
unidentified · anonymous · unspecified · undisclosed · forthcoming
name, above, named, naming, surname, names, nominate, pseudonym, unnamed