nickname

/nˈɪknˌeɪm/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

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”
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
   “the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'”

verb

1. give a nickname to

Synonyms for nickname

• moniker
• cognomen
• sobriquet
• soubriquet
• byname
• dub

Words that rhyme with nickname

• frame
• name
• game
• aim
• claim
• tame
• shame
• blame
• same
• inflame
• lame
• reclaim
• flame
• proclaim
• acclaim
• aflame
• ballgame
• counterclaim
• dame
• declaim
• disclaim
• exclaim
• fame
• mainframe
• rename
• airframe
• aspartame
• defame
• filename
• maim