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noun

ˈnik-ˌnām How to pronounce nickname (audio)
Definition of nicknamenext
as in moniker
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual his wavy hair earned him the nickname "Curly" early in life

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verb

as in to code-name

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Recent Examples of nickname
Noun
The scandal rocked the Cry Babies, prompting some to give the singer a new nickname, Felony Martinez, while inciting the majority to pile in against Timothy and dismiss her story as contemptible lies. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026 His nickname is the Problema, and that’s proving to be accurate. — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Verb
The first two videos showed the Duchess of Sussex feeding the chickens and collecting eggs at what appeared to be her family's California home, where their chicken coop is nicknamed Archie's Chick Inn. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 6 Apr. 2026 For several years now, The Rookie fans have been enthralled by the slow-burn romance between show’s most popular couple, Tim Bradford (Eric Winter) and Lucy Chen (Melissa O’Neil), nickname Chenford. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nickname
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickname
  1. moniker
  2. rename
  3. epithet
  4. miscall
  5. surname
  6. misname
  7. specify
  8. denote
Noun
  • Radical Frame is Darren Cunningham’s 10th solo studio album under his Actress moniker, excluding 2018’s Lageos with the London Contemporary Orchestra and his collaborative album with Suzanne Ciani, Concrète Waves, from earlier this year.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 15 July 2026
  • Kevin Fredericks, who posts under the moniker KevOnStage, isn't afraid to flood the zone.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of moniker
Verb
  • For that reason, Schnur said, Republicans were smart to rename the bill.
    — Linh Tat, Daily News, 17 July 2026
  • Lawmakers are also weighing a Russia sanctions bill that Graham championed, with some Republicans pushing to rename the bill in his honor and advance it this week.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 13 July 2026
Definition of rename
Noun
  • Social media has teemed with unsavory videos of Argentinean misbehavior in the stadiums, including fans hurling racial epithets at a Black American influencer and showering Egyptians with beer.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
  • Mendelsohn also retains Homer’s repetitious epithets for characters that some modern translations—written for the silent reader of the 21st century—have slimmed down.
    — Chris Moody, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
Definition of epithet
Verb
  • Nearly every major polling outfit miscalled the 2016 Presidential race.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2020
Definition of miscall
Noun
  • Two more of Brad Pitt’s children have applied to legally drop his surname.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The Marvin’s Room star, who died in 2025, originally changed her surname to Keaton, her mother’s maiden name, because there was another actress named Diane Hall in the Actors’ Equity Association, according to Vogue.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Definition of surname
Verb
  • In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.
    — Kristin Lam, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2019
  • In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.
    — Geoff Manaugh, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2019
Definition of misname
Verb
  • Swinehart’s lawsuit seeks punitive and compensatory damages, although no amount is specified.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • Smith did not specify the type of cancer but said that the illness had spread and that Whimsy needed chemotherapy.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of specify
Verb
  • The system relies on five microelectrode arrays surgically installed in Thomas’ brain, which machine learning algorithms then interpret brain signals denoting movement with nearly 85 percent accuracy.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
  • As is the case with most of Oleszko’s work, the title is a pun, referring both to this figure’s act of blowing into its instrument as well as a phrase that denotes an overly prideful person.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
Definition of denote

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