Alias
Alias noun - A descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual.
Usage example: a dressmaker whom everyone knows as “Bet,” her adopted alias in the dressmaking business that she named after Betsy Ross
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Synonyms for Alias
Cognomen and alias are semantically related in nickname topic. In some cases you can use "Cognomen" instead a noun "Alias", when it comes to topics like moniker.
Nearby Word: aliasing
Cognomen
Cognomen noun - A descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual.
Usage example: richly deserved the cognomen of “Butterfingers”
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- This is where his own alias comes from—his character "Tandem the Spoony" was so named because he wanted a cognomen that was a real adjective, but an incredibly obscure one.
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