nickname
A special name that people use for someone, not the person's real or official name.
An informal, often humorous or affectionate name that people use for a person instead of their real or usual name.
To call someone or something by a special, informal name.
To give a person, animal, or thing an informal, often humorous or affectionate name in addition to their real name.
A name you use on a website, app, or game instead of your real name.
A name that a user chooses to identify themselves on a website, app, chat service, or game account instead of using their real name.
- Base: nickname
- Plural: nicknames
earn the nickname
1receive a nickname for a reason
To get a special informal name because of something you do or how you are.
- He earned the nickname "Iron Man" after finishing three triathlons.
- The city earned the nickname "The Windy City" many years ago.
get the nickname
1start being called a nickname
To start being called by a special informal name.
- How did you get the nickname "Speedy"?
- She got the nickname in college after a funny accident.
go by the nickname
1be known by an informal name
To be known to people by a special informal name.
- He goes by the nickname "Max" at work.
- She prefers to go by the nickname her friends gave her.
- Online he goes by the nickname "CodeWizard."
have the nickname
1possess an informal name
To be someone who people call by a special informal name.
- He has the nickname "Doc" because he is a doctor.
- Several players on the team have the nickname "Junior."
live up to one's nickname
1act in a way that fits nickname
To act in a way that shows that your special name is right for you.
- The goalkeeper really lived up to his nickname "The Wall" in yesterday's match.
- She lived up to her nickname "Fixer" by solving the problem in ten minutes.
under the nickname
1using a nickname instead of real name
Using an informal name instead of your real name in some situation.
- He wrote all his articles under the nickname "NightOwl."
- She streamed online under the nickname "SunnyDay."