nicknames
Meaning of nicknames
plural noun
- a familiar or humorous name given to a person or thing instead of or as well as the real name.
Mallender's fair complexion gave rise to his nickname ‘Ghost’
- give a nickname to.
an area nicknamed Sniper's Alley
late Middle English: from an eke-name ( eke meaning ‘addition’: see eke2), misinterpreted, by wrong division, as a neke name .
Information about nicknames
- The singular form of nicknames is: nickname.
- Languages in which nicknames is used:
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Hyphenation of nicknames
nick-names
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- nicknames is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
nicknames synonyms
Meaning a person's nickname:
Meaning a nickname, especially one given to distinguish a person from others with the same given name:
Meaning a nickname or description popularly given to someone or something:
Meaning a classifying phrase or name applied to a person or thing, especially one that is inaccurate or restrictive:
Meaning an adjective or phrase expressing a quality or attribute regarded as characteristic of the person or thing mentioned:
Meaning a diminutive word or suffix:
Meaning a word or phrase expressing love or affection:
Meaning a name:
Meaning a name or title:
Meaning an extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example Marcus Tullius Cicero:
Meaning a word or expression summarizing a thing's characteristics or a person's principles:
Words that rhyme with nicknames
Ames, cames, Dames, Mesdames, beldames, dames, grandames, hippodames, holydames, madames, mesdames, stepdames, vidames, Jeames, Reames, jeames, reames, seames, defames, disfames, fames, infames, aftergames, ballgames, blackgames, boardgames, degames, endgames, games, gilgames, pregames, wordgames, Thames, ashames, beshames, hames, outshames, rakeshames, shames, thames, douziames, James, james, kames, wakames, blames, clames, enflames, flames, inflames
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