false name

Noun

Meaning

a name that has been assumed temporarily

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

alias pen name maiden name assumed name nom de guerre nom de plume

Antonyms

praenomen first name baptismal name

Hypernyms

name

Examples

Civilization consists in giving something an unfitting name, then dream about the result. And indeed the false name and the real dream create a new reality. The object really becomes another, because we turned it into another one. We manufacture realities. Fernando Pessoa

Angier p 174. The job required Levi to work under a false name with false papers. Source: Internet

Although traveling in the Netherlands under a false name, some people found out that it was their former king, which led to a cheering crowd gathering under the window of his hotel room. Source: Internet

A BRITISH conman suspected of cheating a woman out of her life savings worth nearly €1 million may be using a false name and Swiss passport to cover his tracks. Source: Internet

Dick thought that Stanisław Lem was probably a false name used by a composite committee operating on orders of the Communist party to gain control over public opinion, and wrote a letter to the FBI to that effect. Source: Internet

•Edward Jamar Bynum, 26, 7006 Valley Forge Drive, Flowery Branch, giving false information or false name and seatbelt violation. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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