nickname

Meaning

Noun

1. A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
2. A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.

Verb

To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Concepts

nickname

alias

sobriquet

pseudonym

byname

name

cognomen

assumed name

moniker

surname

dub

appellation

epithet

pet name

another name

designation

soubriquet

pen name

banter

tease

by-name

agnomen

street name

hypocorism

call

popular name

give a nickname to someone

designate

title

short

label

denominate

byword

diminutive

nom

false name

synonym

nick

pearl barley

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnɪkneɪm/

Etymology

From Middle English nekename, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname.
For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.

Sentences

During this time , he earned his nickname " Egg in a bun ".