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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Cite This Source
nick·name    Audio Help   [nik-neym] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -named, -nam·ing.
–noun
1.a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”
2.a familiar form of a proper name, as Jim for James and Peg for Margaret.
–verb (used with object)
3.to give a nickname to (a person, town, etc.); call by a nickname.
4.Archaic. to call by an incorrect or improper name; misname.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename). See eke2, name; cf. newt]

—Related forms
nicknamer, noun
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Thesaurus Entries
  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  nickname
Part of Speech:  noun
Synonyms:  agnomen, byword, cognomen, epithet, handle, label, moniker, sobriquet, tag, andy, hypocorism, hypocoristic, len
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Synonym Collection v1.1Cite This Source
Main Entry:  nickname
Part of Speech:  verb
Synonyms:  designate, dub, nominate, style
Source:  Synonym Collection v1.1
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  Roget's II: The New ThesaurusCite This Source
Main Entry:  name
Part of Speech:  noun
Definition:  The word or words by which one is called and identified.
Synonyms:  appellation, appellative, cognomen, denomination, designation, epithet, style, tag, title
Source:  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
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