code names
Covert identity labels
Code names are aliases used to conceal the true identity of people, projects, or operations.
Intelligence agencies assign code names to agents and missions for security.
Companies use them for products in development: The new phone was known internally by its code name.
Military operations receive code names that are often deliberately meaningless to prevent information leaks.
- aliasesAlternate assumed identities
- pseudonymsFictitious adopted names
- monikersInformal terms for names
- nicknamesInformal substitute names
- nom de guerreAssumed military identity
assumed name · handle · alter ego · Jane Doe · clandestine operations · cold war · need to know · undercover agent · deep cover · call sign · secret agent · secret identity · designation · proxy · secret · disguise · military · spy
- namingnomenclature, nicknames, naming conventions, aliases, monikers
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- resistanceresistance, defiance, resistance fighters, civil resistance, resist
- secretssecrecy, secret, trade secret, secrets, confidential
- spy thrillerspies, espionage, double agents, covert ops, undercover
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
code nameslegal names
Officially registered identities
given names · birth names · proper names · full names · Christian names