nicknames

Meaning of nicknames

plural noun
  1. a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
    Mallender's fair complexion gave rise to his nickname ‘Ghost’
verb, 3rd person present
  1. give a nickname to.
    an area nicknamed Sniper's Alley

late Middle English: from an eke-name ( eke meaning ‘addition’: see eke2), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name .

Information about nicknames

  • The singular form of nicknames is: nickname.
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Hyphenation of nicknames

nick-names

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • nicknames is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

nicknames synonyms

Meaning a person's nickname:

sobriquet

Meaning a nickname, especially one given to distinguish a person from others with the same given name:

byname

Meaning a nickname or description popularly given to someone or something:

tag

Meaning a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive:

label

Meaning an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned:

epithet

Meaning a diminutive word or suffix:

diminutive

Meaning a word or phrase expressing love or affection:

endearment

Meaning a name:

moniker

Meaning a name or title:

appellation

Meaning an extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example Marcus Tullius Cicero:

cognomen

Meaning a word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles:

byword

Words that rhyme with nicknames

Ames, cames, Dames, Mesdames, beldames, dames, grandames, hippodames, holydames, madames, mesdames, stepdames, vidames, Jeames, Reames, jeames, reames, seames, defames, disfames, fames, infames, aftergames, ballgames, blackgames, boardgames, degames, endgames, games, gilgames, pregames, wordgames, Thames, ashames, beshames, hames, outshames, rakeshames, shames, thames, douziames, James, james, kames, wakames, blames, clames, enflames, flames, inflames

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