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alias
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of ALIAS
1
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual <a dressmaker whom everyone knows as “Bet,” her adopted alias in the dressmaking business that she named after Betsy Ross>
Synonyms alias, byname, cognomen, epithet, handle, moniker (also monicker), sobriquet (also soubriquet), surname
Related Words appellation, denomination, denotation, designation, label, tag, title; anonym, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym
2
a fictitious or assumed name <the English author Eric Blair, better known under the alias of George Orwell>
Synonyms alias, nom de guerre
Related Words nom de plume, pen name; appellation, designation; misnomer; epithet, nickname, sobriquet (also soubriquet)
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