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as in nickname
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
a soccer player whom everyone knows as "Mayhem," her adopted alias in the sports world that was created from her surname
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as in pseudonym
a fictitious or assumed name
the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell
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Recent Examples of alias
Prosecutors said Shaklian, often using aliases, managed and submitted claims for seven healthcare providers enrolled with Medicare in Los Angeles County.
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City News Service, Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
That gives you the option to provide temporary, throw-away aliases at the tap or click of a button when asked for your email address.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Further investigative work discovered that this was an alias used by a man born Marvin Margolis.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Now, on the debut album under his new alias Musicentrydelete, Matt applies his obscurantist instincts to a kind of minimalist ambient techno, to dreamily—and woozily—psychedelic effect.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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City News Service, Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
That gives you the option to provide temporary, throw-away aliases at the tap or click of a button when asked for your email address.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Further investigative work discovered that this was an alias used by a man born Marvin Margolis.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2026
Now, on the debut album under his new alias Musicentrydelete, Matt applies his obscurantist instincts to a kind of minimalist ambient techno, to dreamily—and woozily—psychedelic effect.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alias
Noun
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Too often, that nickname signifies a resistance to necessary change.—
Lou Rinaldi,
Hartford Courant,
26 Jan. 2026
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Jon Gallagher doesn’t have a nickname.—
Colby Gordon,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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Testifying under a Jane Doe pseudonym at the Chicago trial in August 2022, Landfair willed herself to look directly at Kelly.—
Cheyenne Roundtree,
Rolling Stone,
31 Jan. 2026
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The project, which Carey discussed in her 2020 memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, was recorded in 1995 under the pseudonym Chick, with her friend Clarissa Dane handling lead vocals and Carey singing background vocals.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
31 Jan. 2026
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In sports, some siblings are so accomplished that they can be recognized by only their surnames.—
Tim Rohan,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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Saint-Wulfstan is a very rare surname.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Feb. 2026
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The Disney moniker has more brand value and name recognition with consumers around the world than any other Hollywood brand.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Lamont—who has also taught at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, and blogs for Acadian under the moniker Owenomics—dialed back to some of the financial history classics to make his point.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 Feb. 2026
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On that day, the mob hurled racist epithets, smoke bombs, and fists at him.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
4 Feb. 2026
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Vice Mayor Darian Martin, who is Black, condemned Urbom’s use of the racial epithet.—
Theo Karantsalis,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Alias.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alias. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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