alias Synonyms
Another word for alias
• noun (Context 1)
A false or assumed name used to conceal one's identity or to be known in a different capacity.
"The investigative journalist checked into the hotel under an pseudonym to protect her sources."
• noun (Context 2)
An alternative name, label, or shortcut that points to a file, command, email address, or memory location in computing.
"You can create a command-line shortcut to run complex terminal scripts with a single word."
• adverb (Context 3)
Used to indicate that a named person is also known or more familiar under another specified name.
"Samuel Clemens, otherwise Mark Twain, wrote some of the most enduring classics of American literature."
• verb (Context 4)
To assign an alternative name or label to a command, file, or data location (in computing).
"The system administrator aliased the long directory path so developers could access it quickly."
• verb (Context 5)
To become indistinguishable from another signal component due to insufficient sampling frequency (in signal processing and computer graphics).
"High-frequency audio signals will distort into lower frequencies if they are not filtered before digital sampling."