Thesaurus: alias

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1. adv. Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
2. adv. At another time.
3. n. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
4. n. Another name; an assumed name.
5. n. a name that has been assumed
6. adv. as known or named at another time or place
7. (a) Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. (b) At another time. (a) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. (b) Another name; an assumed name.
8. n:100 n. a name that has been assumed temporarily r. as known or named at another time or place