Thesaurus: nickname

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1. n. A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
2. v. t. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
3. n. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
4. n. a descriptive name for a place or thing
5. v. give a nickname to
6. A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname. You nickname virtue; vice you should have spoke. Shak. I altogether disclaim what has been nicknamed the doctrine of finality. Macaulay.
7. A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; afamiliar or an opprobrious appellation.
8. v:25/n:75 n. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) n. a descriptive name for a place or thing