nickname

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

- Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph

- Henry's nickname was Slim

Similar word(s): byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet

Definition categories: communication, appellation, appellative, denomination, designation

2. a descriptive name for a place or thing

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

Definition categories: communication, name

verb

1. give a nickname to

Similar word(s): dub

Definition categories: communication, call, name