Nickname

//ˈnɪkneɪm//

Synonyms for "nickname" (47 found)

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Closest matches (10)

Strong matches (14)

Verb(1 words)
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Related words (23)

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More general

9 entries

More specific

3 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

derived

5 entries

is a

4 entries

related to

4 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

221 translations across 84 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • bynaam noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • bynaam noun (byname)
  • noemnaam noun (byname)
  • volksnaam noun (familiar, invented given name)

Albanian

1 entries
  • nofkë noun (familiar, invented given name)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἐπωνυμία noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • ἐπικαλέω verb (to give a nickname to)

Arabic

3 entries
  • اِسْم الدَّلَع noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • كُنْيَة noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • لَقَب noun (familiar, invented given name)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մականուն noun (familiar, invented given name)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • ayama noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • ləqəb noun (familiar, invented given name)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • ҡушамат noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • ҡушамат noun (byname)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • клі́чка noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • мяну́шка noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • на́звішча noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • на́зьвішча noun (familiar, invented given name)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ডাকনাম noun (familiar, invented given name)

Bikol Central

3 entries
  • bansag noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • bansagan verb (to give a nickname to)
  • magbansag verb (to give a nickname to)

Breton

1 entries
  • moranv noun (familiar, invented given name)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • про́звище noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • пря́кор noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • умали́телно и́ме noun (byname)
  • давам прякор verb (to give a nickname to)

Catalan

1 entries
  • sobrenom noun (familiar, invented given name)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 花名 noun (familiar, invented given name)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 外號 /外号 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 綽號 /绰号 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 花名 noun (familiar, invented given name)

Czech

2 entries
  • přezdívka noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • přezdívat verb (to give a nickname to)

Danish

4 entries
  • kælenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • tilnavn noun (byname)
  • øgenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • øgenavn noun (byname)

Dutch

2 entries
  • bijnaam noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • bijnamen verb (to give a nickname to)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • alnomo noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • kromnomo noun (familiar, invented given name)

Estonian

1 entries
  • hüüdnimi noun (familiar, invented given name)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lempinimi noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • liikanimi noun (byname)
  • lisänimi noun (byname)
  • antaa lempinimi verb (to give a nickname to)

French

4 entries
  • sobriquet noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • sobriquet noun (byname)
  • surnom noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • surnommer verb (to give a nickname to)

Galician

2 entries
  • alcume noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • alcuño noun (familiar, invented given name)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ზედმეტსახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • მეტსახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • შერქმეული სახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • სახელს არქმევს verb (to give a nickname to)

German

2 entries
  • Beiname noun (byname)
  • Spitzname noun (familiar, invented given name)

Greek

2 entries
  • παρατσούκλι noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • παρονομάζω verb (to give a nickname to)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • שֵׁם לווַאי noun (familiar, invented given name)

Hindi

2 entries
  • उपनाम noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • लक़ब noun (familiar, invented given name)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • becenév noun (familiar, invented given name)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • auknefni noun (byname)
  • gælunafn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • uppnefni noun (byname)
  • viðurnefni noun (byname)

Ido

2 entries
  • surnomacho noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • surnomizar verb (to give a nickname to)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • panggilan noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • menjuluki verb (to give a nickname to)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • لَقَب noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • پاژْنام noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • کُنْیِه noun (familiar, invented given name)

Irish

2 entries
  • forainm noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • leasainm noun (familiar, invented given name)

Italian

2 entries
  • soprannome noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • soprannominare verb (to give a nickname to)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ニックネーム noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 愛称 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 渾名 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 綽号 noun (familiar, invented given name)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • ат noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • лақап noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • лақап ат noun (familiar, invented given name)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សម្មតិនាម noun (familiar, invented given name)

Korean

3 entries
  • 닉네임 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 별명 noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • 애칭 noun (familiar, invented given name)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • ат noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • ылакап ат noun (familiar, invented given name)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຊື່ນ້ອຍ noun (familiar, invented given name)

Latin

2 entries
  • agnomen noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • agnomentum noun (familiar, invented given name)

Latvian

2 entries
  • iesauka noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • palama noun (familiar, invented given name)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pravardė noun (familiar, invented given name)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • ti-nom noun (familiar, invented given name)

Low German

2 entries
  • Ökelnaam noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • Ökelnoom noun (familiar, invented given name)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • gódło noun (familiar, invented given name)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Spëtznumm noun (familiar, invented given name)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • прекар noun (familiar, invented given name)

Maltese

1 entries
  • laqam noun (familiar, invented given name)

Middle English

2 entries
  • surname noun (byname)
  • surnoun noun (byname)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хоч noun (familiar, invented given name)

Māori

1 entries
  • ingoa kārangaranga noun (familiar, invented given name)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • leqeb noun (familiar, invented given name)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • kallenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • kjælenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • tilnavn noun (byname)
  • økenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • aukenamn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • kallenamn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • kjælenamn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • tilnamn noun (byname)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • لقب noun (familiar, invented given name)

Pashto

1 entries
  • لقب noun (familiar, invented given name)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Ieekjenomen noun (familiar, invented given name)

Polish

4 entries
  • ksywa noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • ksywka noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • nick noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • przezwisko noun (familiar, invented given name)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • alcunha noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • apelido noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • alcunhar verb (to give a nickname to)
  • apelidar verb (to give a nickname to)

Romanian

2 entries
  • poreclă noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • porecli verb (to give a nickname to)

Russian

4 entries
  • кли́чка noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • про́звище noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • прозва́ние noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • псевдони́м noun (familiar, invented given name)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • ath-ainm noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • far-ainm noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • frith-ainm noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • leas-ainm noun (familiar, invented given name)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nádimak noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • на́димак noun (familiar, invented given name)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • nciuria noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • nciuria noun (byname)
  • suprannomu noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • suprannomu noun (byname)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prezývka noun (familiar, invented given name)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nadimek noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • vzdevek noun (familiar, invented given name)

Spanish

4 entries
  • apodo noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • chapa noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • cognombre noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • cognomen noun (familiar, invented given name)

Swahili

4 entries
  • jina la utani noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • jina la utani noun (byname)
  • msimbo noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • msimbo noun (byname)

Swedish

4 entries
  • binamn noun (byname)
  • smeknamn noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • tillnamn noun (byname)
  • öknamn noun (familiar, invented given name)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • palayaw noun (familiar, invented given name)

Tajik

3 entries
  • куния noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • лақаб noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • тахаллус noun (familiar, invented given name)

Tatar

1 entries
  • кушамат noun (familiar, invented given name)

Thai

1 entries
  • ชื่อเล่น noun (familiar, invented given name)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • གཅེས་མིང noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • མིང་འདོགས noun (familiar, invented given name)

Turkish

4 entries
  • lakap noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • lakap noun (byname)
  • san noun (byname)
  • sıfat noun (byname)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • кли́чка noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • прі́звисько noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • прозва́ти verb (to give a nickname to)
  • прозива́ти verb (to give a nickname to)

Urdu

2 entries
  • اُپ نام noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • لَقَب noun (familiar, invented given name)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • لەقەم noun (familiar, invented given name)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • laqab noun (familiar, invented given name)

Volapük

1 entries
  • näinemön verb (to give a nickname to)

Walloon

4 entries
  • sobricot noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • sobriket noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • spot noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • såvaedje no noun (familiar, invented given name)

Welsh

4 entries
  • glasenw noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • glasenw noun (byname)
  • llysenw noun (familiar, invented given name)
  • llysenw noun (byname)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Chance is a nickname for Providence.

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I don't know. Is there a nickname for Tokyo?

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I have a friend whose nickname is "Pencil."

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Don't apply that nickname to me.

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