Alias (Noun)
Meaning
A name that has been assumed temporarily.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- She traveled abroad under an alias to keep her whereabouts unknown to her former business partners.
- During his days as an undercover cop, he went by the alias Jack Smith.
- As a bestselling author of thriller novels, she used the alias AJ Jenkins to separate her work from her real identity.
- While hiding out in a witness protection program, she assumed the alias Karen Lee to conceal her real name and identity.
- During World War II, many resistance fighters adopted an alias to prevent their capture and imprisonment by the enemy forces.