alias
Identity for hiding
Alias means otherwise called or otherwise known as, introducing an alternative name: the hacker, alias "Zero Cool".
As a noun, an alias is a false or assumed name: He checked into the hotel under an alias.
In computing, an alias is a shortcut or alternate name for a file, command, or email address.
Fictitious professional name
- monikerInformal designation for someone
- nicknameInformal substitute name
- handlePart for gripping
- sobriquetDescriptive informal name
byname · cognomen · nom de plume · stage name · screen name · pen name · assumed name · false name
Alternative name indicator
- also known asPhrase introducing alternate names
- néeBorn as, regarding surname
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
- doing business asRegistered alternate company name
DBA · witness protection · fugitive · wanted · criminal · warrant · indictment · extradition
Identity-concealing alteration
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- coverProtect by overlaying
- maskFace-worn concealment
cloak · veil · anonymity · hidden identity · secret identity · camouflage · stealth · covert
One feigning another's identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
- fakeNot the real thing
sham · con · scam · phishing · identity theft · catfish · hoax · masquerade
pseudonym
Fictitious professional name
sobriquet · byname · cognomen · nom de plume · stage name · screen name · pen name · assumed name · false name · alternate identity
aka
Alternative name indicator
- also known asPhrase introducing alternate names
- néeBorn as, regarding surname
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
doing business as · DBA · witness protection · fugitive · wanted · criminal · warrant · indictment · extradition
disguise
Identity-concealing alteration
- incognitoWith identity concealed
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- coverProtect by overlaying
mask · cloak · veil · anonymity · hidden identity · secret identity · camouflage · stealth · covert · clandestine
impostor
One feigning another's identity
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- counterfeitFraudulent imitation
fake · sham · con · scam · phishing · identity theft · catfish · hoax · masquerade · pretense
redirect
Send in new direction
reference · variable · command · shell · terminal · batch · script · DNS · domain · email forwarding
- aliasespseudonym, assumed name, code name, false name, cover name
- nicknamesnickname, pet name, handle, moniker, stage name
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- anonymous writingpen name, pseudonym, ghost writer, ghostwriting, nom de plume
- Author Identitiespen name, pseudonym, nom de plume, ghost writer, anonymous author
- authorshipauthorship, author bio, byline, attributed, credited
aliasreal name
Actual given identity
true name · birth name · legal name · given name · proper name
- false alibiInvented proof of absence
- online aliasInternet pseudonym
- fake alibiFabricated proof of absence