Meanings
- not comparableOtherwise; 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 1681 more example
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 Colleges, Neale and Webb scholarships, Regii professores supplying the places of those who shall now be superannuated, all teaching, and empowered to confer degrees in the, symbolism of mystical divinity:—the professor of music, not dealing as he now must, with crotchets and quavers, but in the far higher branches of the sacramentality of sounds, with their correspondent colours, instruments, bearing, &c. &c., and so of others?
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 - not comparablelawUsed 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.
plural aliases
- lawA second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
- computingAn abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
- computingA spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
present singular third person aliases · participle present aliasing · participle past aliased · past aliased
- computingTo assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
- ambitransitivecomputingTo make or become indistinguishable.
This technique can be used to alias the L1 and L2 bands of the GPS into the baseband
2005, James Bao-yen Tsui, Fundamentals of global positioning system receivers, page 1062 more examples
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 22Finally, as it is a frequency detection technique, color Doppler US has the potential to alias
1999, Carlo Bartolozzi with Riccardo Lencioni, Liver malignancies: diagnostic and interventional radiology, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAnother name; especially, an assumed name.
More synonyms by meaning
adverbas known or named at another time or place
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élyos
- Proto-Italic*aljos
- Latinalius
- Latinalia
- Englishalias
Learned borrowing from Latin alias (“at another time; at another place, elsewhere, under other circumstances, otherwise”). Doublet of else and allo-. See also alien and alter.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque ezizen, goitizen
- ezizenanother name; an assumed name
- goitizenanother name; an assumed name
Bulgarian псевдони́м, про́звище
- псевдони́м (psevdoním)another name; an assumed name
- про́звище (prózvište)another name; an assumed name
Catalan àlies
- àliesanother name; an assumed name
Chinese Mandarin 別名 /别名, 化名
- 別名 /别名 (biémíng)another name; an assumed name
- 化名 (huàmíng)another name; an assumed name
Esperanto alinomo, kromnomo
- alinomoanother name; an assumed name
- kromnomoabbreviation that replaces a string of commands (computing)
- sinonimito assign an additional name to an entity
- alinomito assign an additional name to an entity
- kromnomito assign an additional name to an entity
Finnish alias, aliasoida
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
- aliasoidato assign an additional name to an entity
French alias, pseudonyme
- aliasadverb
- pseudonymeanother name; an assumed name
German Pseudonym, Deckname
- Pseudonymanother name; an assumed name
- Decknameanother name; an assumed name
Greek ψευδώνυμο
- ψευδώνυμο (psevdónymo)another name; an assumed name
Hungarian alias
- aliasadverb
Indonesian alias
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
Irish ainm bréige, ailias
- ainm bréigeanother name; an assumed name
- ailiasanother name; an assumed name
Japanese 仮名, 偽名
- 仮名 (kamei)another name; an assumed name
- 偽名 (gimei)another name; an assumed name
- 異名 (imyō)another name; an assumed name
- 雅号 (gagō)another name; an assumed name
- 別名 (betsumei)another name; an assumed name
Korean 가명, 별명
- 가명 (gamyeong)another name; an assumed name
- 별명 (byeolmyeong)another name; an assumed name
Lithuanian slapyvardis, pseudonimas
- slapyvardisanother name; an assumed name
- pseudonimasanother name; an assumed name
Polish alias, alias
- aliasadverb
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
Portuguese pseudónimo, pseudônimo
- pseudónimoanother name; an assumed name
- pseudônimoanother name; an assumed name
- cognomeanother name; an assumed name
Russian псевдони́м, про́звище
- псевдони́м (psevdoním)another name; an assumed name
- про́звище (prózvišče)another name; an assumed name
- кли́чка (klíčka)another name; an assumed name
- вы́мышленное и́мя (výmyšlennoje ímja)another name; an assumed name
Spanish alias, alias
- aliasadverb
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
- seudónimoanother name; an assumed name
- sobrenombreanother name; an assumed name
- apodoanother name; an assumed name
- aliasabbreviation that replaces a string of commands (computing)
Swahili jina bandia
- jina bandiaanother name; an assumed name
Swedish alias, alias
- aliasadverb
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
- pseudonymanother name; an assumed name
- öknamnanother name; an assumed name
- tillnamnanother name; an assumed name
- aliasabbreviation that replaces a string of commands (computing)
- aliasato assign an additional name to an entity
Ukrainian псевдоні́м, прі́звисько
- псевдоні́м (psevdoním)another name; an assumed name
- прі́звисько (prízvysʹko)another name; an assumed name
- кли́чка (klýčka)another name; an assumed name
Welsh enw arall, alias
- enw arallanother name; an assumed name
- aliasanother name; an assumed name
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Cite this entry
alias. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alias
“alias.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alias. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alias,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alias.
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