English noun: sobriquet | |||
1. | sobriquet (communication) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | ||
Samples | Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph. Henry's nickname was Slim. | ||
Synonyms | byname, cognomen, moniker, nickname, soubriquet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | appellation, appellative, denomination, designation | ||