Nicknaming

Synonyms for "nicknaming" (28 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Strong matches (8)

Noun(4 words)
dubepithet formationepithet referenceepithet usage

Related words (14)

Noun(12 words)
informal namingname givingnicknamenickname creationnickname rhetoricnickname setnickname usagenickname-basednicknaming episodenicknaming instancenicknaming relatednicknaming repertoire

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

10 entries
designationdiscourse strategyfigurative languagelabelinglinguistic featurenamingnaming eventpragmatic devicerhetoricsocial practice

More specific

14 entries
affectionate epithetaffectionate nicknameaffectionate nicknamingaffectionate nicknaming repertoireepithetnicknaming episodenicknaming occurrencepejorative epithetpejorative nicknamepejorative nicknamingpejorative nicknaming repertoirepet name usagesobriquetteasing label

Collocations

14 entries
informal nicknamenicknaming actnicknaming conventionnicknaming culturenicknaming frameworknicknaming in literaturenicknaming instancenicknaming phenomenonnicknaming practicenicknaming practicesnicknaming processnicknaming repertoirenicknaming schemepersonal nickname

Inflections

5 entries
more nicknamingmost nicknamingnicknamednicknamesnicknamings

Derivations

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