nickname

nickname is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A name given in contempt, derision, or sportive familiarity; a familiar or an opprobrious appellation.
2. transitive verb. To give a nickname to; to call by a nickname.
3. noun. a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

   "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"

   "Henry's nickname was Slim"

   Synonyms: byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet

4. noun. a descriptive name for a place or thing

   "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

5. verb. give a nickname to

   Synonyms: dub

Synonyms

byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet, dub

Common word forms

nicknamed, nicknamer, nicknames, nicknaming, nicknameable, nicknameless

Words from these letters

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