pseudonym C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈsudəˌnɪm/ UK /ˈsjuːdənɪm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a fictitious name used by an author in place of their real one She published the thriller under a male pseudonym. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a fictitious name used by... aliaspen namenom de plumesobriquetmonikernickname Word family Derived forms pseudonymouspseudonymity Related forms anonymsynonymantonym Etymology AI details From French pseudonyme, from Ancient Greek pseudōnymos ('falsely named'), from pseudēs ('false') + onyma (Aeolic form of onoma, 'name'). pseudōnymos Ancient Greek onoma Ancient Greek *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pseudonym **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsudəˌnɪm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsjuːdənɪm/ ## Meanings 1. a fictitious name used by an author in place of their real one ## Examples - She published the thriller under a male pseudonym. ## Synonyms - alias - pen name - nom de plume - sobriquet - moniker - nickname ## Derived Forms - pseudonymous - pseudonymity ## Related Forms - anonym - synonym - antonym ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pseudōnymos - Root: onoma - Root: *h₁nómn̥ - Affix: pseudo- - false ## Etymology From French pseudonyme, from Ancient Greek pseudōnymos ('falsely named'), from pseudēs ('false') + onyma (Aeolic form of onoma, 'name'). ## AI Etymology Pseudonym is from French pseudonyme, from Ancient Greek pseudōnymos ('falsely named'), from pseudēs ('false') + onyma (Aeolic form of onoma, 'name'). Important recorded forms include pseudōnymos (Ancient Greek), onoma (Ancient Greek), and *h₁nómn̥ (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers a fictitious name used by an author in place of their real one. The wider family includes derived forms such as pseudonymous and pseudonymity and related words such as anonym, synonym, and antonym. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown