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Defenition of the word sobriquet

    • Defenition of the word sobriquet

      • A descriptive term accompanying or occurring in place of a name.
      • An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.
      • a familiar name (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"
      • 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"
      • a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)

    Synonyms for the word sobriquet

      • cognomen
      • moniker
      • nickname
      • soubriquet

    Hypernyms for the word sobriquet

      • appellation
      • appellative
      • denomination
      • designation

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