alias
/ˈeɪ.li.əs/ adverb, noun, verb
Forms aliases aliasing aliased
- adverb Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
- adverb (law) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful “Smith, alias Simpson.”
- noun Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- noun (law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- noun (computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- noun (programming) An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
- noun (signal processing) A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
- verb (computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- verb (signal processing, of two signals, ambitransitive) To make or become indistinguishable.
Synonyms
AKA synonym poecilonym pseudonym assumed name false name a.k.a. also known as
Etymology
From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.
Webster’s 1913
Etymology [L., fr. alius. See Else.]
Etymology [L., otherwise, at another time.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “alias”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details