diff --git a/R-package/R/aliases.R b/R-package/R/aliases.R
index 8ae11e87c504..c7ecf8f72410 100644
--- a/R-package/R/aliases.R
+++ b/R-package/R/aliases.R
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
             , "boost"
             , "boosting_type"
         )
+        , "early_stopping_round" = c(
+            "early_stopping_round"
+            , "early_stopping_rounds"
+            , "early_stopping"
+            , "n_iter_no_change"
+        )
         , "metric" = c(
             "metric"
             , "metrics"
@@ -21,5 +27,16 @@
             "num_class"
             , "num_classes"
         )
+        , "num_iterations" = c(
+            "num_iterations"
+            , "num_iteration"
+            , "n_iter"
+            , "num_tree"
+            , "num_trees"
+            , "num_round"
+            , "num_rounds"
+            , "num_boost_round"
+            , "n_estimators"
+        )
     ))
 }
diff --git a/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R b/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
index 980b712b9148..3a8a57d7c2fe 100644
--- a/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
+++ b/R-package/R/lgb.cv.R
@@ -136,17 +136,7 @@ lgb.cv <- function(params = list(),
     begin_iteration <- predictor$current_iter() + 1
   }
   # Check for number of rounds passed as parameter - in case there are multiple ones, take only the first one
-  n_trees <- c(
-    "num_iterations"
-    , "num_iteration"
-    , "n_iter"
-    , "num_tree"
-    , "num_trees"
-    , "num_round"
-    , "num_rounds"
-    , "num_boost_round"
-    , "n_estimators"
-  )
+  n_rounds <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["num_iterations"]]
   if (any(names(params) %in% n_trees)) {
     end_iteration <- begin_iteration + params[[which(names(params) %in% n_trees)[1]]] - 1
   } else {
@@ -227,7 +217,7 @@ lgb.cv <- function(params = list(),
 
   # If early stopping was passed as a parameter in params(), prefer that to keyword argument
   # early_stopping_rounds by overwriting the value in 'early_stopping_rounds'
-  early_stop <- c("early_stopping_round", "early_stopping_rounds", "early_stopping", "n_iter_no_change")
+  early_stop <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["early_stopping_round"]]
   early_stop_param_indx <- names(params) %in% early_stop
   if (any(early_stop_param_indx)) {
     first_early_stop_param <- which(early_stop_param_indx)[[1]]
@@ -238,7 +228,7 @@ lgb.cv <- function(params = list(),
   # Did user pass parameters that indicate they want to use early stopping?
   using_early_stopping_via_args <- !is.null(early_stopping_rounds)
 
-  boosting_param_names <- c("boosting", .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]])
+  boosting_param_names <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]]
   using_dart <- any(
     sapply(
       X = boosting_param_names
diff --git a/R-package/R/lgb.train.R b/R-package/R/lgb.train.R
index 1900637fcdfc..852ae146c7a2 100644
--- a/R-package/R/lgb.train.R
+++ b/R-package/R/lgb.train.R
@@ -108,17 +108,7 @@ lgb.train <- function(params = list(),
     begin_iteration <- predictor$current_iter() + 1
   }
   # Check for number of rounds passed as parameter - in case there are multiple ones, take only the first one
-  n_rounds <- c(
-    "num_iterations"
-    , "num_iteration"
-    , "n_iter"
-    , "num_tree"
-    , "num_trees"
-    , "num_round"
-    , "num_rounds"
-    , "num_boost_round"
-    , "n_estimators"
-  )
+  n_rounds <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["num_iterations"]]
   if (any(names(params) %in% n_rounds)) {
     end_iteration <- begin_iteration + params[[which(names(params) %in% n_rounds)[1]]] - 1
   } else {
@@ -209,7 +199,7 @@ lgb.train <- function(params = list(),
 
   # If early stopping was passed as a parameter in params(), prefer that to keyword argument
   # early_stopping_rounds by overwriting the value in 'early_stopping_rounds'
-  early_stop <- c("early_stopping_round", "early_stopping_rounds", "early_stopping", "n_iter_no_change")
+  early_stop <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["early_stopping_round"]]
   early_stop_param_indx <- names(params) %in% early_stop
   if (any(early_stop_param_indx)) {
     first_early_stop_param <- which(early_stop_param_indx)[[1]]
@@ -220,7 +210,7 @@ lgb.train <- function(params = list(),
   # Did user pass parameters that indicate they want to use early stopping?
   using_early_stopping_via_args <- !is.null(early_stopping_rounds)
 
-  boosting_param_names <- c("boosting", .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]])
+  boosting_param_names <- .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]]
   using_dart <- any(
     sapply(
       X = boosting_param_names
diff --git a/R-package/tests/testthat/test_parameters.R b/R-package/tests/testthat/test_parameters.R
index beedbe452ba6..a82fb0df7c6a 100644
--- a/R-package/tests/testthat/test_parameters.R
+++ b/R-package/tests/testthat/test_parameters.R
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ expect_true(".PARAMETER_ALIASES() returns a named list", {
 })
 
 expect_true("training should warn if you use 'dart' boosting, specified with 'boosting' or aliases", {
-  for (boosting_param in c("boosting", .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]])){
+  for (boosting_param in .PARAMETER_ALIASES()[["boosting"]]){
     expect_warning({
       result <- lightgbm(
         data = train$data