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Synonyms for nickname
ˈnɪkˌneɪmnick·name
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Wiktionary
nicknamenoun
A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
Synonyms:
byname, antonomasia, cognomennicknamenoun
Synonyms:
nick, moniker, hypocoristic, pet name, sobriquet, handle
Princeton's WordNet
nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, bynamenoun
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"
Synonyms:
byname, last name, surname, sobriquet, cognomen, family name, moniker, soubriquetnicknameverb
a descriptive name for a place or thing
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"
Synonyms:
sobriquet, moniker, soubriquet, cognomen, bynamedub, nicknameverb
give a nickname to
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
nicknamenoun
Synonyms:
sobriquet
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2465 | handle | |
#3866 | nick | |
#5225 | knight | |
#7156 | nickname | |
#7917 | alias | |
#8484 | surname | |
#11569 | dub | |
#12811 | pseudo | |
#38279 | pseudonym | |
#42663 | moniker | |
#166014 | byname | |
#191357 | sobriquet | |
#307636 | cognomen |
How to use nickname in a sentence?
It was either Colt Knost or Robert Garrigus ... I'm not sure who started with the nickname, but it's not nice what I say to them when they say it to me. I've been working on trying to keep it quiet. And this week isn't going to help.
A little bit later you're going to hear from a guy who I hear has been talking about launching a potential political career, you may have heard of this, Kanye is thinking about running for Speaker of the House. It couldn't get any stranger...But in case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing -- or as he calls it 'peezy' [West's nickname is Yeezy] -- I do have advice for him.
The first time Buddy( her nickname for Swayze) and I danced together was at a school exhibition, we walked out on stage. I looked in his eyes, it was like everything came alive.
She wants to buy those little hot wheels car toys that Hammoudeh (her brother Mohammed’s nickname) loved to put them on her shelf to look at them and remember him, i keep trying to make her laugh, but it’s not like before.
Judith Martin, (Miss Manners):
What you have when everyone wears the same playclothes for all occasions, is addressad by nickname, expected to participate in Show And Tell, and bullied out of any desire form privacy, is not democracy; it is kindergarten.
Translations for nickname
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- كنية, اسم الدلع, لقبArabic
- sobrenomCatalan, Valencian
- přezdívka, přezdívatCzech
- tilnavn, kælenavn, øgenavnDanish
- Beiname, SpitznameGerman
- παρατσούκλιGreek
- apodo, mote, chapa, sobrenombreSpanish
- hüüdnimiEstonian
- antaa lempinimi, lempinimi, liikanimi, lisänimi, nimetäFinnish
- surnom, surnommerFrench
- alcuño, alcumeGalician
- כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה, שֵׁם לווַאיHebrew
- उपनामHindi
- becenévHungarian
- uppnefnaIcelandic
- soprannome, soprannominareItalian
- 綽名, 愛称, 渾名, ニックネームJapanese
- მეტსახელიGeorgian
- cognomenLatin
- SpëtznummLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຊື່ນ້ອຍLao
- ingoa kārangarangaMāori
- прекарMacedonian
- laqamMaltese
- bijnaam, bijnamenDutch
- tilnamnNorwegian Nynorsk
- tilnavn, kallenavnNorwegian
- przezwiskoPolish
- apelido, alcunhaPortuguese
- псевдоним, кличка, прозвищеRussian
- nadimakSerbo-Croatian
- smeknamn, öknamn, tillnamn, binamnSwedish
- msimboSwahili
- прозва́ти, прозива́ти, кли́чка, прі́звиськоUkrainian
- tên hiệu, tên nickVietnamese
- spot, ribatijhî, såvaedje no, batijhî, sobricot, spoter, sobriket, sorlomerWalloon
- 昵称Chinese
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