Synonyms of the word

nickname

• n. A familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or…
• n. A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.
• v. (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

appellation

• n. (formal or dated) A name, title, or designation.
• n. A geographical indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.

appellative

• adj. (grammar) Of or pertaining to an appellative noun or common noun.
• adj. Of or pertaining to ascribing names.
• n. A common noun.
• n. An epithet.

byname

• n. (archaic, historical) A secondary name for a person or thing; a person's surname.
• n. (archaic, historical) A nickname.
• n. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A pseudonym; nom-de-plume.
• n. (paganism) A ritual title for a god or goddess used in Heathenry.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To assign a byname to.

call

• n. A telephone conversation.
• n. A short visit, usually for social purposes.
• n. (nautical) A visit by a ship or boat to a port.
• n. A cry or shout.
• n. A decision or judgement.
• n. The characteristic cry of a bird or other animal.
• n. A beckoning or summoning.
• n. The right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event; the floor.
• n. (finance) An option to buy stock at a specified price during or at a specified time.
• n. (cricket) The act of calling to the other batsman.
• n. (cricket) The state of being the batsman whose role it is to call (depends on where the ball goes.).
• n. A work shift which requires one to be available when requested (see on call).
• n. (computing) The act of jumping to a subprogram, saving the means to return to the original point.
• n. A statement of a particular state, or rule, made in many games such as bridge, craps, jacks, and so on.
• n. (poker) The act of matching a bet made by a player who has previously bet in the same round of betting.
• n. A note blown on the horn to encourage the dogs in a hunt.
• n. (nautical) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate to summon the sailors to duty.
• n. A pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.
• n. An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.
• n. (archaic) Vocation; employment; calling.
• n. (US, law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description…
• v. (heading) To use one's voice.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To visit.
• v. (heading) To name, identify or describe.
• v. (heading, sports) Direct or indirect use of the voice.
• v. (transitive, sometimes with for) To require, demand.
• v. (transitive, finance) To announce the early extinction of a debt by prepayment, usually at a premium.
• v. (transitive, banking) To demand repayment of a loan.
• v. (transitive, computing) To jump to (another part of a program) to perform some operation, returning to…

cognomen

• n. surname.
• n. (historical) the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome.
• n. a nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet.

denomination

• n. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
• n. (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title;…
• n. (countable) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup.
• n. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

designation

• n. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
• n. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.
• n. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
• n. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

dub

• v. (transitive) (now historical) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap…
• v. (transitive) To name, to entitle, to call.
• v. (transitive) To deem.
• v. To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
• v. (heading) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab.
• v. To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
• v. To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
• v. To do something badly.
• v. In golf, to execute a shot poorly.
• n. (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
• n. (now historical) (slang) An unskillful, awkard person.
• v. To add sound to film or change audio on film.
• v. To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
• v. To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation.
• v. To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
• n. (music) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
• n. (music) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
• n. (music) A growing trend of music from 2009 to current in which bass distortion is synced off timing to…
• n. (slang) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
• n. (Britain, dialect) A pool or puddle.
• n. (slang) A twenty dollar sack of marijuana.
• n. (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
• v. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) To open or close.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A lock.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A key, especially a master key; a lockpick.

moniker

• n. A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
• n. A signature.
• n. (computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.

name

• n. Any nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
• n. Reputation.
• n. An abusive or insulting epithet.
• n. A person (or legal person).
• n. Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
• n. (computing) A unique identifier, generally a string of characters.
• n. (Britain, finance) An investor in Lloyds of London bearing unlimited liability.
• v. (transitive) To give a name to.
• v. (transitive) To mention, specify.
• v. (transitive) To identify as relevant or important.
• v. (transitive) To publicly implicate.
• v. (transitive) To designate for a role.
• n. Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.

sobriquet

• n. A familiar name for a person (typically a shortened version of a person’s given name).

soubriquet

• n. Alternative spelling of sobriquet.