as in epithet
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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Recent Examples of nickname
Brett Tingley, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Getty Images One of FC Bayern Munich’s nicknames is FC Hollywood.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But Marble City isn’t Knoxville’s only nickname.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Behind Maye is Joshua Dobbs, the journeyman quarterback who has his own nickname like DeVito.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Trump stated today, using a nickname that has long described Huntsville.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Getty Images One of FC Bayern Munich’s nicknames is FC Hollywood.
—Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
But Marble City isn’t Knoxville’s only nickname.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Behind Maye is Joshua Dobbs, the journeyman quarterback who has his own nickname like DeVito.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickname
Noun
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Then there was the woman who was Speaker of the House and would walk around talking to herself, screaming out epithets to imaginary people.—
Larry David,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
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Terrell represented a Black teenager who’d been expelled from a Los Angeles high school for punching a white referee during a football game after the referee allegedly had directed racial epithets at him.—
Peter Elkind,
ProPublica,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The latest entry in the sci-fi franchise comes with a soundtrack helmed by Nine Inch Nails, with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross lending their names to the project under the band’s moniker for the first time.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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With the third record, Cain's story ends, and Anhedönia soon plans to retire the moniker.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The pressure to have an answer for the agentic AI moment is causing some companies to rename features or chase AI agents to stay on trend, often merely creating thin layers of agents on top of foundation models.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The booster then completed several in-flight experiments before making a water landing off the Gulf of Mexico, which the U.S. government has renamed the Gulf of America.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Before that, Prince William and Prince Harry did the same, taking on their father’s former title of Wales as their surname in school.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
3 Sep. 2025
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The surname on the back of his jersey — one fans can now buy thanks to NIL — carries the weight of massive expectations.—
Shane Shoemaker,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Nearly every major polling outfit miscalled the 2016 Presidential race.—
Jill Lepore,
The New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2020
Verb
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In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.—
Kristin Lam,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2019
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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
Verb
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Cannon-Brookes wouldn’t specify whether Atlassian considered buying Google’s browser.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Eufy didn’t specify if the Marwalker will eventually be compatible with other robot vacuums.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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His Zoom profile photo shows two versions of Boulud staring at each other through a mirror—one in black and one in white—clearly meant to denote good and evil.—
Brittany Loggins,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Note that the correlation 1D_5D denotes the correlation between 1D post-earnings returns and the following 5D returns.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Nickname.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickname. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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