Nickname Definition

nĭknām
nicknamed, nicknames
noun
nicknames
An additional or substitute name given to a person, place, or thing.
Webster's New World
A familiar, often shorter, form of a proper name, as “Dick” for “Richard”
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
nicknamed, nicknames
To give a nickname to.
Webster's New World
To misname.
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Other Word Forms of Nickname

Noun

Singular:
nickname
Plural:
nicknames

Origin of Nickname

  • Middle English neke name from a neke name alteration of an eke name eke addition (from Old English ēaca aug- in Indo-European roots) name name name

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Nickname Sentence Examples

  • He had never used the nickname – always before it had been Cynthia.

  • The nickname had been given him by three other salesmen at the office.

  • She picked up the nickname "Joey" when she was very young.

  • The present bridge, the work of Antonio or Giovanni Contino, whose nickname was da Ponte, dates from 1588-91, and cost 250,000 ducats.

  • The name Gheg (Gege-a) is not adopted by the Ghegs themselves, being regarded as a nickname; the designation Tosk (Toske-a) is restricted by the Tosks to the inhabitants of a small region north of the lower Viossa (Toskeria).

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Words Starting With

NNINIC

Words Ending With

EMEAME

Unscrambles

nickname

Words Starting With N and Ending With E

Starts With N & Ends With EStarts With NI & Ends With EStarts With N & Ends With ME

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With N8 Letter Words Ending With E