Word.ws English Dictionary

aliases

aliases is the plural of alias.

Meaning of alias

Noun

alias (plural aliases)

  1. Another name; especially, an assumed name.
  2. A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
  3. An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
  4. An alternate name assigned to something, e.g. a database column to avoid ambiguity in a query.
  5. A spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.

See all 9 meanings of alias

Questions about aliases

What is aliases the plural of?
Aliases is the plural of alias.

Words near aliases in the dictionary

  1. alias
  2. alias summons
  3. alias summonses
  4. aliasable
  5. aliased
  6. aliases
  7. aliasing
  8. aliasings
  9. Aliassime
  10. Alibaba
  11. Alibamu

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aliases (page history and authors); alias (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “aliases.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/aliases. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.