as in alias
a fictitious or assumed name
the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century remains known only by the pseudonym of Jack the Ripper
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Recent Examples of pseudonym
Styles also made headlines earlier this year when he was photographed running the 2025 Berlin Marathon under the pseudonym Sted Sarandos (a play on the name of Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos).
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
All the women who spoke to Fortune about their relationships with chatbots for this story asked to be identified under pseudonyms out of concern that admitting to a relationship with an AI model carries a social stigma that could have negative repercussions for their livelihoods.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Coverly is the pseudonym for collaborators Dana Schwartz and Dan Frey, who will adapt their own work.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
The tip was submitted under the pseudonym ‘Tailor’ with the subject line ‘Loverrrrrr’, the name of Swift’s seventh studio album, released in 2019.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2025
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Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
All the women who spoke to Fortune about their relationships with chatbots for this story asked to be identified under pseudonyms out of concern that admitting to a relationship with an AI model carries a social stigma that could have negative repercussions for their livelihoods.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2025
Coverly is the pseudonym for collaborators Dana Schwartz and Dan Frey, who will adapt their own work.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2025
The tip was submitted under the pseudonym ‘Tailor’ with the subject line ‘Loverrrrrr’, the name of Swift’s seventh studio album, released in 2019.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pseudonym
alias
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The new season of Prime Video's high-octane thriller jumps eight years ahead of the explosive Season 1 finale with Pine running a quiet surveillance unit in London under the alias Alex Goodwin, a low-level MI6 officer.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Roper is dead, and Pine has been keeping a low profile under the alias Alex Goodwin.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Pseudonym.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pseudonym. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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