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nick·name
Audio Help [nik-neym] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -named, -nam·ing.
Audio Help [nik-neym] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -named, -nam·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 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. |
| 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. |
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| 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 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
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| Main Entry: | nickname | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Synonyms: | designate, dub, nominate, style | |
| Source: | Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus | Cite 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 by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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