| Main Entry: | pen name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretend name of author |
Synonyms: |
AKA, alias, allonym, ananym, anonym, assumed name, false name, fictitious name, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, professional name, pseudonym |
| Main Entry: | alias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false name |
Synonyms: |
AKA, anonym, assumed name, handle*, moniker, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, pseudonym, stage name, summer name |
| Notes: | an alias is an assumed name, an alibi is a form of defense whereby a defendant attempts to prove that he or she was elsewhere when the crime in question was committed, while an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness |
Antonyms: |
name |
| Main Entry: | disguise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | covering, makeup for deception |
Synonyms: |
beard, blind, camouflage, charade, cloak, color, coloring, concealment, costume, counterfeit, cover-up, dissimulation, dress, facade, face, faking, false front, fig leaf, front*, get-up, guise, illusion, make-believe, mask, masquerade, pageant, pen name, pretense, pretension, pretentiousness, pseudonym, put-on, red herring, screen, semblance, smoke screen, trickery, veil, veneer |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | title given to something, someone |
Synonyms: |
agname, agnomen, alias, appellation, autograph, autonym, brand, cognomen, compellation, denomination, designation, epithet, eponym, flag*, handle*, head, heading, label, matronymic, moniker, monogram, namesake, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomen, patronymic, pen name, pet name, place name, prenomen, proper name, pseudonym, rubric, sign, signature, sobriquet, stage name, style, surname, tag, term, trade name |
| Main Entry: | nom de plume |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretend name for author |
Synonyms: |
AKA, alias, allonym, ananym, anonym, assumed name, false name, fictitious name, nickname, nom de guerre, pen name, professional name, pseudonym |
| Main Entry: | pseudonym |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | false name |
Synonyms: |
AKA, alias, ananym, anonym, assumed name, handle*, incognito*, nickname, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pen name, professional name, stage name, summer name |
Antonyms: |
name |
| Main Entry: | sobriquet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nickname |
Synonyms: |
AKA, alias, anonym, appellation, assumed name, byname, handle*, label, moniker, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nomenclature, pen name, pet name, professional name, pseudonym, tag* |
| Main Entry: | name |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
self, self, anonymous, cognominal, disquiparant, eponymous, euonymous, having no name, hight, innominate, known as, misnamed, named, nameless, ne, nee, nominal, nuncupative, nuncupatory, onymatic, onymous, orismological, polyonymous, pseudepigraphous, pseudonymous, scilicet, soi, theophoric, titular, unnamed, veritable, videlicet, what one may fairly call, what one may fitly call, what one may properly call, what one may well call, without a name, yclept
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