Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nickname

2 senses of nickname

Sense 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")
       => appellation, denomination, designation, appellative -- (identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others)

Sense 2
nickname -- (a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'")
       => name -- (a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb nickname

1 sense of nickname

Sense 1
dub, nickname -- (give a nickname to)
       => name, call -- (assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader")