Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Misnomer

Nouns
  • misnomer
  • Mrs. Malaprop
  • what d'ye call 'em etc. (neologism) Neologism
  • Hoosier. nickname, sobriquet, by-name
  • assumed name, assumed title
  • alias
  • nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de plume
  • pseudonym, pseudonymy.
Verbs
  • misname, miscall, misterm
  • nickname
  • assume a name.
Adjectives
  • misnamed etc. v.
  • pseudonymous
  • self called, self styled, self christened
  • so-called. nameless, anonymous
  • without a having no name
  • innominate, unnamed
  • unacknowledged.
Adverbs
  • in no sense.