pen name

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   an author's pseudonym

   Synonymsnom de plume

   Broaderpseudonym

Questions about pen name

What does pen name mean?

pen name means "an author's pseudonym".

What is another word for pen name?

Close synonyms include nom de plume. 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 pen name a common word?

pen name is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.