Handle
Name
Name noun - A word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known.
Usage example: introduced himself and then asked what my name was
Handle is a synonym for name in specific topic. You can use "Handle" instead a noun "Name", if it concerns topics such as someone, title, moniker. informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old handle | old name |
| good | good handle | good name |
| better | better handle | better name |
| similar | similar handle | similar name |
| Other adjectives: short, current, fake, legal, small, actual, real, big, new, former, weird. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Also known as a "username" or "handle", a Screen Name is simply a name associated with a specific member of an online community.
Source: Screen Name - Regardless, everyone in the fandom now knows their name... or at least their Internet handle.
Source: Big Name Fan - Have a Gay Old Time: It's certainly not his fault, but nowadays his name looks like a parody of a forum troll's handle.
Source: Creator / Dick King-Smith
Cite this Source
Name and Handle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/name
Handle & Name. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/name>.
Name or Handle. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/handle/name.
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