nom de plume

1. 1.

   an author's pseudonym

   Synonymspen name

   Broaderpseudonym

Questions about nom de plume

What does nom de plume mean?

nom de plume means "an author's pseudonym".

What is another word for nom de plume?

Close synonyms include pen 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 nom de plume a common word?

nom de plume 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.