English dictionary

alias

/'/eI/l/i//@/s/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a name that has been assumed temporarily

noun.communication

Synonyms assumed name false name

Source: WordNet 3.0
A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.

noun

Source: webster1913

as known or named at another time or place

adv.all

Examples
Mr. Smith, alias Mr. Lafayette.

Source: WordNet 3.0
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, <i>alias</i> Simpson.

adverb

Source: webster1913