cryptonym

Noun

Meaning

A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

title identity handle label nickname designation anonymous tag pseudonym epithet alias appellation moniker sobriquet nom de guerre
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Examples

In this case, the basic cryptonym, e.g., LICOZY, will designate the whole group, while each group member is designated by a sequence number, e.g., LICOZY/3, which can also be written LICOZY-3, or just L-3. Source: Internet

Examples from publications by former CIA personnel show that the terms "code name" and "cryptonym" can refer to the names of operations as well as to individual persons. Source: Internet

Pedlow and Welzenbach 1992, pp. 59–62, 66. The CIA assigned the cryptonym "Aquatone" to the project, with the USAF using the name "Oilstone" for their support to the CIA. Source: Internet

The U.S. intelligence community uses many code names (see, for example, CIA cryptonym ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cryptonephridial cryptoniscid cryptoniscoid cryptonymic cryptonymous cryptonymy