alias

1. 1.

   a name that has been assumed temporarily

   Synonymsassumed namefalse name

   Broadername

1. 1.

   as known or named at another time or place

   “Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette”

   Synonymsa.k.a.also known as

Other forms of alias

plural

aliases·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about alias

What does alias mean?

alias means "a name that has been assumed temporarily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in alias?

alias has 3 syllables: a-li-as. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /ˈeɪliəs/.

What is another word for alias?

Close synonyms include assumed name, false name, a.k.a., also known as. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is alias a common word?

alias is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.