Synonyms for nickname
ˈnɪkˌneɪmnick·name

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1. nicknamenoun

   A kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person.

   Synonyms:
   byname, antonomasia, cognomen

2. nicknamenoun

   Synonyms:
   nick, moniker, hypocoristic, pet name, sobriquet, handle

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1. nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, bynamenoun

   a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

   "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"

   Synonyms:
   byname, last name, surname, sobriquet, cognomen, family name, moniker, soubriquet

2. nicknameverb

   a descriptive name for a place or thing

   "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

   Synonyms:
   sobriquet, moniker, soubriquet, cognomen, byname

3. dub, nicknameverb

   give a nickname to

   Synonyms:
   dub, knight

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1. nicknamenoun

   Synonyms:
   SOBRIQUET, by-name

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1. nicknamenoun

   Synonyms:
   sobriquet

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1. List of paraphrases for "nickname":

   moniker, alias, pseudonym, pseudo, surname

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1. Katie McHugh:

   Stephen Miller asked me if I had seen the recent' AmRen' article about crime statistics and race, i responded in the affirmative because I had read it. Many of us [ on the far right ] had read it. I remember being struck by the way he called it' AmRen,' the nickname.

2. Lisa Niemi:

   The first time Buddy( her nickname for Swayze) and I danced together was at a school exhibition, we walked out on stage. I looked in his eyes, it was like everything came alive.

3. President Obama:

   You may have heard of this, Kanye is thinking about running for Speaker of the House. It couldn't get any stranger...But in case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing -- or as he calls it 'peezy' [West's nickname is Yeezy] -- I do have advice for him.

4. Keith Hufnagel:

   The name HUF just stuck with me as a sort of nickname amongst my friends, once I turned pro, I started using it on product and clothing and it became what people recognized me by.

5. Jim Mattis:

   Senator, I assure you that nickname was given to me by the press and some of you have experienced similar occasions with the press where they perhaps they didn't get it quite right.