| Afrikaans | English |
|---|
| vernaam | ⇆ distinctive; ⇆ distinguished; ⇆ fine; ⇆ grand; ⇆ great; ⇆ high‐class; ⇆ honourable; ⇆ important; ⇆ lordly; ⇆ notable; ⇆ of distinction; ⇆ prominent; ⇆ swell |
| vernaamheid | ⇆ distinction; ⇆ distinctiveness; ⇆ elegance; ⇆ gentility; ⇆ gentlehood; ⇆ grandeur; ⇆ lordliness |
| vernaamste | ⇆ central; ⇆ chief; ⇆ first; ⇆ pivotal; ⇆ principal; ⇆ supreme; ⇆ topping; ⇆ foremost; ⇆ fundamental; ⇆ leading; ⇆ main; ⇆ master; ⇆ paramount; ⇆ premier; ⇆ prima; ⇆ primal; ⇆ prime; ⇆ sovereign; ⇆ staple |