alias

alias

noun

Definition of ALIAS

1

a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual <a dressmaker whom everyone knows as “Bet,” her adopted alias in the dressmaking business that she named after Betsy Ross>

Synonyms alias, byname, cognomen, epithet, handle, moniker (also monicker), sobriquet (also soubriquet), surname

Related Words appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, label, tag, title; anonym, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym

2

a fictitious or assumed name <the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell>

Synonyms alias, nom de guerre

Related Words nom de plume, pen name; appellation, designation; misnomer; epithet, nickname, sobriquet (also soubriquet)