a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a persons given name); Joes mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph; Henrys nickname was Slim

[ Syn: moniker , cognomen , sobriquet , soubriquet , byname ]

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

give a nickname to

[ Syn: dub ]