nicknaming

as inname

as intag
as indesignate
as indub
as inentitle

Synonyms for nicknaming

verb give a title

Antonyms for nicknaming

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., misdivision of ekename (c.1300), an eke name, literally "an additional name," from Old English eaca "an increase," related to eacian "to increase" (see eke; also see N). As a verb from 1530s. Related: Nicknamed; nicknaming.

Example Sentences for nicknaming

No ingenuity in nicknaming could extract Carpy from Campbell.

The pigmy, as the late queen had been fond of nicknaming him, was the only giant in the Government.

He had taken to so nicknaming Edala since the bushbuck hunt and she seemed rather to like it.

The opposition retaliated by nicknaming the leader of the victorious faction the "Czar of Woodbine."

They set up a store on similar lines to those at Quebec, which also the people were not slow in nicknaming "La Friponne."

The scholars signify their contempt for the ushers—officially known as maîtres répétiteurs—by nicknaming them pions or watch-dogs.

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