alias
US/ˈeɪ.li.əs/
alias adverb: otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
Adverb
alias (not comparable)
- Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
- Hitherto the commanding influence of Sir Robert Evelyn's character had sunk his own into insignificance—now he had no "rival near the throne," alias the bench of county magistrates.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 168
- When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the successor of St. Peter shall be the spiritual head of our Church; then shall your “esoterics,” alias “Church principles,” be in the ascendant in our Universities, and Who shall say that we may not have a Thorp lecturer in each of our...1845, Clergymen of the Church of England, editors, The Christian’s Monthly Magazine and Church of England Review, volume IV, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., pages 364–365
- 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
alias (plural aliases)
- Another name; especially, an assumed name.
- Synonyms:
- synonym, poecilonym, pseudonym
- A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
- A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
Verb
alias (third-person singular simple present aliases, present participle aliasing, simple past and past participle aliased)
- To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- To make or become indistinguishable.
- When the signal frequency reaches half the sampling frequency, there are only two samples per cycle, which is the absolute minimum needed to record a waveform. A higher frequency would cause the digitization system to alias.1989, Ken C. Pohlmann, The compact disc: a handbook of theory and use, page 22
- Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias1999, Carlo Bartolozzi with Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59
alias meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
alias in Tamil
- புனைபெயர், மாற்றுப்பெயர், மாற்றாக, மாற்றுப்பெயரிடல்
alias in Urdu
- alias, pen name, nickname, byname
- عرف 'urf
alias in Bengali
- alias, also known as
- ওরফে ōrophe
alias in Telugu
- అలియాస్
More languagesFewer languages
- alias in Malayalam
- ഉപനാമത്തോടുകൂടി, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ, മറ്റൊരിക്കൽ, അഥവാ
- alias in Kannada
- ಉಪನಾಮ, ಅಡ್ಡಹೆಸರು, ಯಾನೆ, ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ನಾಮ
- alias in Punjabi
- ਉਰਫ
- alias in Odia
- ଓରଫ୍ oraph
- alias in Nepali
- टु अलियास
- alias in Indonesian
- alias
Examples of alias in a sentence
- Abraham, alias Ibrahim, is the presumed progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
- One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader".
- You may leave out where you live and use either initials or an alias, since gods, buddhas and other divinities look only at our hearts.
Synonyms of alias
Forms of alias
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | aliases |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | aliases |
| present participle | aliasing |
| past participle | aliased |
| past | aliased |
Origin of alias
From Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). See else and alien.
Words formed from alias
Phrases with alias
Questions about alias
- What does alias mean?
- Alias means otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called; also known as; formerly known as.
- What is alias in Tamil?
- Alias in Tamil is புனைபெயர், மாற்றுப்பெயர், மாற்றாக. See Alias meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alias?
- Alias can be an adverb, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce alias?
- Alias is pronounced /ˈeɪ.li.əs/ (US).
Words near alias in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: alias (page history and authors); alias (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); عرف (Urdu) (page history and authors); ওরফে (Bengali) (page history and authors); alias (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alias (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alias (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); alias (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); alias (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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