English noun: soubriquet | |||
1. | soubriquet (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, sobriquet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | appellation, appellative, denomination, designation | ||