nickname

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nickname Definition

• (n) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person''s given name); "Joe''s mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry''s nickname was Slim"
• (n) a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''"
• (v) give a nickname to

nickname Synonyms

• cognomen
• dub
• moniker
• nickname
• sobriquet
• soubriquet