labeler

Adhesive tag printer

A labeler is a person or device that applies labels—whether physical stickers on products or categorical designations to things.

In manufacturing, a labeler is a machine that affixes labels to bottles, packages, or containers.

More broadly, anyone who assigns names or categories to things is a labeler: Critics called him a labeler who reduced complex people to simple types.

Also spelled labeller.

classification

categorization

Arranging into groups

  • sortingArranging into sequence
  • taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
  • binningGrouping into discrete categories

grouping · systematizing · codifying · structuring · indexing · filing · cataloging · typology · segmentation · subdividing

tagging

annotation

Added explanatory comment

  • metadataDescriptive information about content
  • markupAdded percentage for profit
  • tagIdentifier or classifier

keyword · attribute · marking · naming · designation · coding · stickering · flagging · badging · ticketing

identification

naming

Assigning a label

enumeration · designation · branding · typing · describing · distinguishing · identifying · titling · captioning · signage

Categories
Opposites
categorization activity

labeleranonymizer

Service obscuring user identity

obscurer · generalizer · eraser · remover · lumper

marking permanence

labelereraser

Mark removal tool

remover · stripper · cleaner

judgment tendency

labelerindividualist

One who values autonomy

accepter · includer · relativist · humanizer

Phrases
Family

label, labels, labeled, labeling, labelling, unlabeled, relabel, mislabel, mislabeled

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G