anonym

1. An anonymous person.
2. An assumed or false name.
3. A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis.

Opposite of

autonym, orthonym, alethonym, systematic name

Etymology

Coined or borrowed around 1812, from French anonyme, from Ancient Greek ἀνώνυμος (anṓnumos, “without name”).

Synonyms

pseudonym

pen name

nom de guerre

nom de plume

alias

anonymous author

anonymous

assumed name