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nickname

/ nickname /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
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"
Type of:
appellation denomination designation
Derived:
dub
noun Sense 2
a descriptive name for a place or thing
"the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides''"
Type of:
name
verb Sense 3
give a nickname to
Type of:
name call
Derived:
moniker cognomen sobriquet soubriquet
Usage Patterns:
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
11
Times Searched
3
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appellation denomination designation name call