Definition of alias

• adv. - 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, alias Simpson.
• adv. - At another time.
• n. - A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
• n. - Another name; an assumed name.
• adv. - 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, alias Simpson.
• adv. - At another time.
• n. - A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
• n. - Another name; an assumed name.