epithet[noun]Synonyms: name, appellation, description, designation, moniker
or monicker
(slang), nickname, sobriquet, tag, title
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ep‧i‧thet /ˈepəθet, ˈepɪθet/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;
Origin: epitheton, from Greek, from epitithenai 'to put on, add']
a word or short phrase used to describe someone, especially when praising them or saying something unpleasant about them:
He hardly deserves the epithet ‘fascist’. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲