nickname

Meanings

Noun

• 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"
• a descriptive name for a place or thing
  • "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

Verb

• give a nickname to

Synonyms

byname, cognomen, dub, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet