alias

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.