false name

1. 1.

   a name that has been assumed temporarily

   Synonymsaliasassumed name

   Broadername

Questions about false name

What does false name mean?

false name means "a name that has been assumed temporarily".

What is another word for false name?

Close synonyms include alias, assumed name. 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 false name a common word?

false name 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.