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All sobriquet synonyms

so·bri·quet
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noun sobriquet

  • handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
  • eponym — A person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named.
  • honorific — Also, honorifical. doing or conferring honor.
  • matronymic — metronymic.
  • agname — a name that is used in addition to a first name and surname
  • autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
  • nickname — a name added to or substituted for the proper name of a person, place, etc., as in affection, ridicule, or familiarity: He has always loathed his nickname of “Whizzer.”.
  • by-name — a secondary name; cognomen; surname.
  • by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
  • name — a dictionary of given names that indicates whether a name is usually male, female, or unisex and often includes origins as well as meanings; for example, as by indicating that Evangeline, meaning “good news,” comes from Greek. Used primarily as an aid in selecting a name for a baby, dictionaries of names may also include lists of famous people who have shared a name and information about its current popularity ranking.
  • moniker — a person's name, especially a nickname or alias.
  • compellation — appellation
  • namesake — a person named after another.
  • epithet — An adjective or descriptive phrase expressing a quality characteristic of the person or thing mentioned.
  • appellation — An appellation is a name or title that a person, place, or thing is given.
  • nomen — (in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.
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