Definition of nicknames

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• nicknames is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
• nicknames is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
• nicknames is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 21

Definition of nicknames

• a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) (noun)

  Examples

  1. Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph
  2. Henry's nickname was Slim

  Synonyms

  1. byname
  2. cognomen
  3. moniker
  4. sobriquet
  5. soubriquet
• give a nickname to (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. dub
• a descriptive name for a place or thing (noun)

  Examples

  1. the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'

See definition of nicknames in Merriam Webster