| nickname | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet | 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" |
| ~ appellation, appellative, designation, denomination | identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others. |
| n. (communication) | 2. nickname | a descriptive name for a place or thing.; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" |
| ~ name | a language unit by which a person or thing is known.; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" |
| v. (communication) | 3. dub, nickname | give a nickname to. |
| ~ call, name | assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to.; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" |
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