Thesaurus results for PSEUDONYM

pseudonym

noun

ˈsü-də-ˌnim

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 John Heartfield, the pseudonym of German artist Helmut Herzfeld, was a leading photographic satirist who was fiercely opposed to Hitler and his Nazi party. —

Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026 Kierkegaard wrote under pseudonyms who disagreed with each other. —

Big Think, 5 Feb. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for pseudonym

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alias

Noun

That includes aliases, date of birth, race, counties of conviction, charges, case numbers, dispositions, descriptions of any identifying marks and tattoos and a photograph of a person.

— Ana Goñi-Lessan, Sun Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2026
In a step that rights activists call an attempt to block a dual-surname system, Takaichi is calling for a law to allow the greater use of maiden names as aliases instead.

— Mari Yamaguchi, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026