also known as

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   as known or named at another time or place

   “Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette”

   Synonymsaliasa.k.a.

Questions about also known as

What does also known as mean?

also known as means "as known or named at another time or place".

What is another word for also known as?

Close synonyms include alias, a.k.a.. 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 also known as a common word?

also known as is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.