nom de guerre
Warrior's assumed name
A nom de guerre is a name adopted for combat or conflict—literally "war name" in French.
The term extends to any pseudonym used in dangerous or adversarial contexts: revolutionaries, resistance fighters, graffiti artists, hackers.
It carries more gravitas than a simple alias, suggesting stakes worth concealing one's identity for: She went by her nom de guerre throughout the occupation.
Adopted false name
- code nameSecret identifying label
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
- operativeCovert field agent
spy · agent · undercover · clandestine · incognito · secret identity · disguise · shadow
One who revolts
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- freedom fighterArmed rebel against tyranny
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- rebelAuthority defier
partisan · combatant · militant · cell · faction · liberation · underground · clandestine
Author's assumed identity
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- bylineArticle author identification
- authorCreator of written works
- writerCreator of texts
dissident · samizdat · exile · censorship · George Orwell · Mark Twain · Voltaire · persona
alias
Adopted false name
- code nameSecret identifying label
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- assumed nameAdopted false identity
operative · spy · agent · undercover · clandestine · incognito · secret identity · disguise · shadow · infiltrator
insurgent
One who revolts
- guerrillaIrregular armed fighter
- freedom fighterArmed rebel against tyranny
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
rebel · partisan · combatant · militant · cell · faction · liberation · underground · clandestine · Che
pen name
Author's assumed identity
- pseudonymFictitious professional name
- bylineArticle author identification
- authorCreator of written works
writer · dissident · samizdat · exile · censorship · George Orwell · Mark Twain · Voltaire · persona · voice
- namesgiven names, first names, names, surnames, first name
- aliasesalias, pseudonym, assumed name, code name, false name
- Secret Identitiessecret identity, alias, alter ego, assumed name, pseudonym
- false identitiesassumed identity, alias, false name, assumed name, pseudonym
- identitiesalter ego, gender, persona, sexuality, alias
- pen namespen names, pen name, pseudonym, alias, assumed name
nom de guerrereal name
Actual given identity
birth name · given name · true name · legal name · Christian name
nominate, synonym, anonymous, nominal, noms de guerre, nomenclature, nominally, nom de plume, nominative