Roget's Thesaurus

#565. Misnomer

Nouns

misnomer; lucus a non lucendo [Lat.]; Mrs. Malaprop; what d'ye call 'em etc. (neologism) 563; Hoosier. nickname, sobriquet, by-name; assumed name, assumed title; alias; nom de course, nom de theatre, nom de guerre [Fr.], nom de plume; pseudonym, pseudonymy.

Verbs

misname, miscall, misterm; nickname; assume a name.

Adjectives

misnamed etc. v.; pseudonymous; soi-disant [Fr.]; self called, self styled, self christened; so-called. nameless, anonymous; without a name, having no name; innominate, unnamed; unacknowledged.

Adverbs

in no sense.