labels

Markers for contents

Labels are tags or markers that identify, classify, or describe something: price labels, shipping labels, labels on food packaging.

By extension, a label is any word or phrase used to categorize people or things: They resisted the "liberal" label.

To label something is to attach such a marker or assign such a category.

A record label is a company that produces and distributes music recordings.

identification

names

Personal identifying words

epithet · nickname · alias · codename · ID · tag · marker · identifier · descriptor · title

tagging

stickers

Adhesive-backed paper images

  • tagsIdentifiers for sorting items
  • badgesWorn symbols of status
  • decalsAdhesive printed designs

nameplates · placards · tickets · tabs · seals · markers · barcodes · QR codes · price tags · luggage tags

classification

categories

Groups of related things

  • taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
  • genresCategories of creative work
  • typesVarieties or key-enters

classes · groups · divisions · sectors · fields · domains · tiers · grades · ratings · age ratings

branding

logo

Company identifying symbol

packaging · recognition · positioning · perception · consistency · authenticity · visibility · naming · wordmark · brandmark

organization

filing

Storing documents systematically

tagging · categorizing · grouping · ordering · arranging · systematizing · archiving · codifying · hierarchies · folders

interface

tooltips

On-hover explanatory text

alt text · screen reader · microcopy

music

recording contract

Agreement with a label

signing · release · catalog · back catalog · sublabel

Categories
Opposites
categorization and identification

labelsanonymity

Unknown identity state

namelessness · unclassified · uncategorized · undefined · unlabeled

essence versus description

labelssubstance

Physical material with mass

essence · content · true nature · what it is · reality

physical marking

labelsunmarked

Having no visible identification

untagged · unlabeled · bare · blank · plain

Phrases
Family

label, labeled, labeling, labelling, labelled, unlabeled, relabel, unlabelled, mislabel

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G