noun · informal

username

UK/ˈjuː.zə.neɪm/US/ˈjuː.zər.neɪm/USER·name

Band 5-6speakingtask1

A unique name used to identify a user on a computer system or online service.

Examples

Choose a username that you can remember but isn’t too obvious.

I forgot my username and had to recover it through email.

Never share your username and password with strangers.

Band 8 sentence

For security reasons, avoid using your full name as your username on public platforms.

Collocations

  • create a username
  • username and password

Word family

username nounuser noun

Common mistakes

user nameusername

my username is Johnmy username is John123

Say it for a higher band

5user name6login name7+username

Synonyms

login name

Easily confused

login name

Enter your login name and password to continue.

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