Definitions for nickname
Overview of noun nickname
The noun nickname has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) nickname, moniker, cognomen, sobriquet, soubriquet, byname
(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")
2. nickname
(a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'")
Overview of verb nickname
The verb nickname has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) dub, nickname
(give a nickname to)
