as in epithet
a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual
his wavy hair earned him the nickname "Curly" early in life
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Recent Examples of nickname
Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In reality—my natural brows grow straight down—thick, stubborn, and fondly nicknamed my little mustaches.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Megh Wright, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025
After all, New York had carried the Gotham nickname for over 200 years.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The project to replace the old terminal was nicknamed the Big Build.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2025
In reality—my natural brows grow straight down—thick, stubborn, and fondly nicknamed my little mustaches.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
And his nickname was Little Flower, which is also the name of a great café on 36th Avenue in Astoria.
—Megh Wright, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2025
After all, New York had carried the Gotham nickname for over 200 years.
—Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nickname
Noun
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Over the decades, Kennedy Jr. has earned the epithet of style icon.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
15 Aug. 2025
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At one point, tempers flared in the drive-thru lane as a driver in a pickup truck gave up and somehow managed to pull off a U-turn, precipitating a hangry window-down exchange of epithets with the car behind him.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Lily, Loki, Max, Star, Oscar, Zelda, Pepper, Callie, Gus, Kitty, Olive, Olivia, Jack and Chloe, are among the other popular monikers.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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While becoming a family under one moniker can create cohesion for couples, the process of changing your name is a bit of a nightmare, prompting some couples to put off the legal change just to avoid paperwork.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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This year, the breakfast not only has been revived, it has been renamed the Brady Brunch.—
Dan Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Aug. 2025
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The booster then completed several in-flight experiments before making a water landing off the Gulf of Mexico, which the U.S. government has renamed the Gulf of America.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Many younger Red Sox weren’t in the majors, or even drafted in ‘19, the last time the league allowed players to replace their surnames with nicknames on the back of their Players’ Weekend jerseys.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
16 Aug. 2025
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However, not all couples change their surnames in the legal sense.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In the course of the initiative, Nigel Jeffries, MOLA’s ceramics specialist, has come to believe that witch bottles may have not only been miscategorized but misnamed: these bottles were likely medical objects, rather than magical ones.—
Geoff Manaugh,
The New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2019
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In some cases, police and lawyers inflict further harm by misgendering and misnaming victims.—
Kristin Lam,
USA TODAY,
20 Nov. 2019
Verb
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While the state planner didn’t specify which part of the sector needs moderation, investment has been particularly pronounced globally in constructing datacenters that underpin AI development.—
Bloomberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Noem did not specify how the employees failed to implement proper security procedures, but said no Americans were directly affected.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In this psychological thriller, readers are taken on a wild ride that truly denotes that not everything that glitters is gold, and that the wealthy have their fair share of secrets and problems, too.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
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The Cree, located primarily in Canada, know it as the flying up moon, denoting the time of year when young birds are learning to fly, while the Assiniboine people, who are originally from the Northern Great Plains, call it the black cherries moon to mark when cherries are becoming ripe.—
Gina Park,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Nickname.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nickname. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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