The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word EPITHET which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2018.
Descriptive nickname crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EPITHET | 100 % | 7 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Descriptive nickname
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- moniker
- sobriquet
- alias
- handle
- name after
- name for
- nickname
- surname
- namesake
- name
- personal name
- epithet
Crossword Answer definitions
EPITHET noun- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
- A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- To term; to refer to as.
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