nickname meaning and definition

NICKNAME noun

Definition of nickname (noun)

1. 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
2. a descriptive name for a place or thing
   • "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

NICKNAME verb

Definition of nickname (verb)

1. give a nickname to
   • synonyms: dub