NICKNAME Synonyms

• a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• interact in a certain way

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• touch, lift, or hold with the hands

• handle effectively

• show and train

• a name that has been assumed

• as known or named at another time or place

• a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

• a label associated with something for the purpose of identification

• a small piece of cloth

• a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser

• (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

• attach a tag or label to

• touch a player while he is holding the ball

• provide with a name or nickname

• go after with the intent to catch

• supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

• a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with

• the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

• a general or descriptive heading for a section of a written work

• the status of being a champion

• a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it

• an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General'

• an established or recognized right

• (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action

• an appellation signifying nobility

• an informal right to something

• give a title to

• designate by an identifying term

• a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

• a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

• the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

• the new sounds added by dubbing

• give a nickname to

• provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language

• raise (someone) to knighthood

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• (British slang) a prison

• a small cut

• cut slightly, with a razor

• cut a nick into

• divide or reset the tail muscles of

• mate successfully; of livestock

• a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

• The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun.

• Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.

• A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.

• Relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person.

• Relating to baby talk.

• a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)