Dictionary Entry
alias
alias is a 5-letter English word with 6 senses as adverb and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adverb
Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.
- 2adverb
At another time.
- 3noun
A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- 4noun
Another name; an assumed name.
- 5noun
a name that has been assumed temporarily
- 6adverb
as known or named at another time or place
"Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"
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