Synonyms of nom de plume

nom de plume

noun

as in pseudonym

formal a name used by a writer instead of the writer's real name

He wrote under a nom de plume.

Related Words

• pseudonym
• pen name
• nom de guerre
• Christian name
• first name
• family name
• maiden name
• given name
• nomenclature
• denomination
• middle name
• appellation
• baptismal name
• designation
• alias
• banner
• cryptonym
• nickname
• title
• moniker
• denotation
• handle
• tag
• surname
• appellative
• compellation
• diminutive
• hypocorism
• forename
• patronymic
• cognomen
• trade name
• brand name
• sobriquet
• matronymic
• label
• binomial
• epithet
• trivial name
• monomial
• misnomer
• byname
• rubric
• vernacular
• trademark

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of nom de plume

Charlie Peacock’s stage name sounds like it was designed to be the nom de plume for a pop superstar, not someone who would become more renowned for his behind-the-scenes work as a producer, songwriter and label owner. —Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2025

The premise was a fiction—the column wasn’t written by the editor but by the novelist Donald G. Mitchell, who wrote mostly under the nom de plume Ik Marvel. —Christopher Carroll, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

In this sparkling novel, Cate Kay is just that: the nom de plume of a bestselling author who doesn't really exist, after a tragedy in her youth sent her on the run under a succession of different identities. —Lizz Schumer, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024

Cindy Lee is the nom de plume of the musician and drag artist Patrick Flegel, who, back in the late two-thousands and early twenty-tens, fronted the Canadian post-punk band Women. —Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024