Definitions for pseudonym

pseudonym pseu·do·nym

Spelling: [sood-n-im]
IPA: /ˈsud n ɪm/

Pseudonym is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 425 anagrams from letters in pseudonym (demnopsuy).

Definitions for pseudonym

noun

  1. a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).

Origin of pseudonym

1840-50; Greek pseudṓnymon false name; see pseud-, -onym

Examples for pseudonym

Random House agreed that all future editions of the book will state that “Barry” was a pseudonym.

This was published in 1638, under the pseudonym of Domingo Gonsales.

Compare "pseudonym," where the prefix is contracted, and "nonentity."

Her nervousness about its content made her decide to publish it under a pseudonym, for reasons that would later become clear.

Julio Cesar Rosas (a pseudonym) owns a medium-sized business in Los Cortijos, a district in east-central Caracas.

A person claiming to be a TRN employee published a release on PR Newswire under the pseudonym ‘Mary Donovan’.

I used to run a blog in Arabic called “Nour Alakl” and ran a satirical Facebook page under the pseudonym “Allah.”

It is he who figures in our story under the pseudonym of de Laville.

He prefers, as his pseudonym implies, to remain an unknown quantity.

Possibly the same honor, under my pseudonym, may have been intended for me.

Word Value for pseudonym
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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