1. (

• nickname ,
• moniker ,
• cognomen ,
• sobriquet ,
• soubriquet ,
• byname

) 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" ;

2. (

• nickname ,

) a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'" ;

1. (

• dub ,
• nickname

) give a nickname to ;