English noun: nickname |
1. | nickname (communication) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) |
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| Samples | Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph. Henry's nickname was Slim.
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| Synonyms | byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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| Broader (hypernym) | appellation, appellative, denomination, designation |
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2. | nickname (communication) a descriptive name for a place or thing |
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| Samples | The nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'.
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| Broader (hypernym) | name |
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