Chance is a nickname for Providence.
Source: tatoeba (20493)
Nickname
/ˈnɪkneɪm/
Synonyms for "nickname" (137 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (28)
Strong matches (41)
Related words (68)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: byname, moniker, sobriquet, cognomen, handle.
- Sentence evidence is available for nickname, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, wordnet, opengloss, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "nickname".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "nickname"
Keep "nickname" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "nickname" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "nickname", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "nickname" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
11 entriesMore specific
6 entriesCollocations
10 entriescommon nicknamecreative nicknamederogatory nicknamefamily nicknamefavorite nicknamefunny nicknamegiven nicknamepet namepopular nicknamestage name
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriesTranslations
181 translations across 83 languages.
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
1 entries- ἐπωνυμία noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
1 entries- bansag noun (familiar, invented given name)
Breton
1 entries- moranv noun (familiar, invented given name)
Bulgarian
3 entries- про́звище noun (familiar, invented given name)
- пря́кор noun (familiar, invented given name)
- умали́телно и́ме noun (byname)
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
1 entries- přezdívka noun (familiar, invented given name)
Danish
4 entries- kælenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
- tilnavn noun (byname)
- øgenavn noun (familiar, invented given name)
- øgenavn noun (byname)
Dutch
1 entries- bijnaam noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
3 entries- lempinimi noun (familiar, invented given name)
- liikanimi noun (byname)
- lisänimi noun (byname)
French
3 entries- sobriquet noun (familiar, invented given name)
- sobriquet noun (byname)
- surnom noun (familiar, invented given name)
Galician
2 entries- alcume noun (familiar, invented given name)
- alcuño noun (familiar, invented given name)
Georgian
3 entries- ზედმეტსახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
- მეტსახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
- შერქმეული სახელი noun (familiar, invented given name)
German
2 entries- Beiname noun (byname)
- Spitzname noun (familiar, invented given name)
Greek
1 entries- παρατσούκλι noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
1 entries- surnomacho noun (familiar, invented given name)
Indonesian
1 entries- panggilan noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
1 entries- soprannome noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
2 entries- alcunha noun (familiar, invented given name)
- apelido noun (familiar, invented given name)
Romanian
1 entries- poreclă noun (familiar, invented given name)
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
2 entries- кли́чка noun (familiar, invented given name)
- прі́звисько noun (familiar, invented given name)
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)
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.
I don't know. Is there a nickname for Tokyo?
Source: tatoeba (29205)
I have a friend whose nickname is "Pencil."
Source: tatoeba (252031)
Don't apply that nickname to me.
Source: tatoeba (262387)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "nickname"?
Closest matches include byname, moniker, sobriquet, cognomen, handle.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "nickname"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.