Definition of nickname

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  • nickname is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
  • nickname is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
  • nickname is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of nickname

  • a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) (noun)

    Examples

    1. Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
    2. Henry's nickname was Slim

    Synonyms

    1. byname
    2. cognomen
    3. moniker
    4. sobriquet
    5. soubriquet
  • give a nickname to (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. dub
  • a descriptive name for a place or thing (noun)

    Examples

    1. the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'

See definition of nickname in Merriam Webster