plural aliases
: an assumed or additional name that a person sometimes uses
a fugitive using several aliases
John Smith, who goes by the alias Richard Jones
He checked into the hotel using an alias. = He checked into the hotel under an alias.
"My [gaming] alias when I was 18 … was Princess Peach," she [Bella Hadid] says with glee …—
Alex Frank
Alex Frank
sometimes, specifically
: a pseudonym (such as a pen name or stage name) that is associated with a person's professional identity
wrote the novels under an alias
Donald Glover, also known under his rap alias Childish Gambino, is an actor, writer, director, comedian and musician. —Mark Warren
Mark Warren Vin Diesel, born Mark Sinclair, took on the tougher-sounding moniker as a bouncer in New York; the alias stuck as he transitioned into acting. —Mae Ross
Mae Ross
: otherwise called : otherwise known as
—used to indicate an additional name that a person sometimes uses
John Smith alias Richard Jones
the outlaw William H. Bonney, Jr. alias "Billy the Kid"
Synonyms
Examples of alias in a Sentence
Noun
a fugitive using several aliases
a dressmaker whom everyone knows as “Bet,” her adopted alias in the dressmaking business that she named after Betsy Ross
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Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Miller, who went by the alias Mandy Myers, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to commit wire fraud and to misbranding drugs by dispensing prescription animal drugs without a lawful order of a veterinarian, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 21 Jan. 2025
Montgomery said Kinne went by several different aliases, some of which are still unknown by law enforcement.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
Soderbergh is holding the camera personally, although the cinematography is credited to his usual alias Peter Andrews, a Halloween mask over the director’s real identity.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Jamaal Robinson, who emcees at a karaoke bar under the alias DJ Rooster, isn’t one of them.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 Feb. 2025
Miller, who went by the alias Mandy Myers, pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to commit wire fraud and to misbranding drugs by dispensing prescription animal drugs without a lawful order of a veterinarian, prosecutors said.
—Sara Schilling, Sacramento Bee, 21 Jan. 2025
Montgomery said Kinne went by several different aliases, some of which are still unknown by law enforcement.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
Soderbergh is holding the camera personally, although the cinematography is credited to his usual alias Peter Andrews, a Halloween mask over the director’s real identity.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Alias.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alias. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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alias
1 of 3 adverb
: otherwise called : also known as
John Thomas Nolan, alias Legs Diamond
alias
2 of 3 noun
: an assumed or additional name
alias
3 of 3 adjective
: issued after the original instrument has not produced any action
an alias tax warrant
an alias summons
compare pluries
Etymology
Adverb
Latin, otherwise, from alius other
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