Meanings
nouncode name (plural code names)
plural code names · alternative codename
- businessA name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.
Synonyms: cover name
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.
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Chinese Mandarin 代號 /代号
- 代號 /代号 (dàihào)name used to clandestinely identify something
Danish kodenavn
- kodenavnname used to clandestinely identify something
Dutch codenaam
- codenaamname used to clandestinely identify something
Esperanto kodnomo
- kodnomoname used to clandestinely identify something
Finnish salanimi, peitenimi
- salaniminame used to clandestinely identify something
- peiteniminame used to clandestinely identify something
- koodiniminame used to clandestinely identify something
French nom de code
- nom de codename used to clandestinely identify something
German Codename, Deckname
- Codenamename used to clandestinely identify something
- Decknamename used to clandestinely identify something
Italian nome in codice
- nome in codicename used to clandestinely identify something
Japanese コードネーム, 暗号名
- コードネーム (kōdonēmu)name used to clandestinely identify something
- 暗号名 (angōmei)name used to clandestinely identify something
- 秘匿名 (hitokumei)name used to clandestinely identify something
Korean 코드네임, 암호명
- 코드네임 (kodeuneim)name used to clandestinely identify something
- 암호명 (amhomyeong)name used to clandestinely identify something
Norwegian Bokmål kodenavn
- kodenavnname used to clandestinely identify something
Polish kryptonim
- kryptonimname used to clandestinely identify something
Portuguese codinome, nome de código
- codinomename used to clandestinely identify something
- nome de códigoname used to clandestinely identify something
Russian ко́довое назва́ние, ко́довое наименова́ние
- ко́довое назва́ние (kódovoje nazvánije)name used to clandestinely identify something
- ко́довое наименова́ние (kódovoje naimenovánije)name used to clandestinely identify something
- ко́довое и́мя (kódovoje ímja)name used to clandestinely identify something
- коднэ́йм (kodnɛ́jm)name used to clandestinely identify something
- усло́вное назва́ние (uslóvnoje nazvánije)name used to clandestinely identify something
Spanish nombre en clave
- nombre en clavename used to clandestinely identify something
Swahili jina la msimbo
- jina la msimboname used to clandestinely identify something
Swedish kodnamn
- kodnamnname used to clandestinely identify something
Vietnamese mật danh, tên mã
- mật danhname used to clandestinely identify something
- tên mãname used to clandestinely identify something
Cite this entry
APA
code name. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20name
MLA
“code name.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20name. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “code name,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/code%20name.
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