noun🔗ShareA familiar, invented given name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing."My sister's nickname is "Lily," instead of her full name, Lillian. "languagecommunicationwordpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA kind of byname that describes a person by a characteristic of that person."My little sister's nickname is "Sparky" because she's always so energetic. "personcharacterlanguagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo give a nickname to (a person or thing)."My friends nickname me "Speedy" because I'm always the first one to finish a race. "languagecommunicationwordpersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading