alias

Meanings

Plural: aliases

Noun

• a name that has been assumed temporarily
• Another name; especially, an assumed name.
• A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
• An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
• An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

Adverb

• as known or named at another time or place
  • "Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette"

Adv

• Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
• Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful

Verb

• To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
• To make or become indistinguishable.

Synonyms

a.k.a., AKA, also known as, assumed name, false name, poecilonym, pseudonym, synonym

Anagrams of alias