NICKNAME meaning: Informal substitute for a personal name

We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Nickname:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

nickname: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nickname: Merriam-Webster
nickname: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
nickname: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
nickname: Collins English Dictionary
nickname: Vocabulary.com
Nickname, nickname: Wordnik
nickname: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
nickname: Wiktionary
nickname: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
nickname: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
nickname: Infoplease Dictionary
Nickname, nickname: Dictionary.com
nickname: Online Etymology Dictionary
nickname: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Nickname: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Nickname: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
nickname: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
nickname: Rhymezone
nickname: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
nickname: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Nickname: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
nickname: FreeDictionary.org
nickname: Mnemonic Dictionary
nickname: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

nickname: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
nickname: A Word A Day
nickname: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

nickname: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)

DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nickname)

▸ noun:  A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
▸ noun:  A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To give a nickname to (a person or thing).

Similar:

sobriquet, soubriquet, moniker, dub, cognomen, nicknamee, Notname, mononym, orthonym, name, more...

Opposite:

real name

Types:

Buddy, Ace, Champ, Doc, Sparky, Skip, Slick, Moose, Duke, more...

Phrases:

Athletic nickname, family nickname, nickname for yale students, nickname akin to xander, nickname akin to tricia, more...

Adjectives:

new, affectionate, old, popular, common, own, derisive, famous, derogatory, familiar, appropriate

Colors:

red, blue, green, pink, black, more...