alias

• POS: Noun, Adverb

CIDE DICTIONARY

alias, adv. [L., fr. alius. See Else.].

 Otherwise; otherwise called; -- a term used in legal proceedings to connect the different names of any one who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful; as, Smith, alias Simpson.  [1913 Webster]

alias, n. [L., otherwise, at another time.].

 A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

alias, adv. & n.
--adv. also named or known as.
--n. a false or assumed name.

Etymology

L, = at another time, otherwise

THESAURUS

alias

Jane Doe, John Doe, Richard Roe, anonym, assumed name, contrarily, else, elsewise, false name, fictitious name, in other respects, in other ways, nom de guerre, nom de plume, nom de theatre, or else, other than, otherwise, pen name, professional name, pseudonym, stage name, than

ROGET THESAURUS

alias

Misnomer

N misnomer, lucus a non lucendo, Mrs, Malaprop, what d'ye call 'em, Hoosier, nickname, sobriquet, by-name, assumed name, assumed title, alias, nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre, nom de plume, pseudonym, pseudonymy, misnamed, pseudonymous, soi-disant, self called, self styled, self christened, so-called, nameless, anonymous, without a having no name, innominate, unnamed, unacknowledged, in no sense.