Acronym

/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/

Synonyms for "acronym" (48 found)

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Strong matches (14)

Noun(13 words)
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Related words (24)

Noun(18 words)
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Adjective(3 words)
military termproper ssnstandard abbreviation
Interjection(1 words)
ymmv

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More general

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More specific

2 entries
backronymrecursive acronym

Collocations

6 entries
acronym expansionacronym formationacronym usagebackronym usageinitialism comparisonrecursive acronym

Inflections

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Derivations

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Translations

88 translations across 45 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • اِخْتِصَار noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • اِخْتِصَار noun (word formed by initial letters)

Bengali

1 entries
  • আদ্যক্ষরা noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Brazilian Portuguese

1 entries
  • acrônimo noun (word formed by initial letters)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • акроним noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • акроним noun (word formed by initial letters)

Catalan

3 entries
  • acrònim noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • acrònim noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • sigla noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 略語 /略语 noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 縮寫 /缩写 noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 縮略詞 /缩略词 noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 首字母縮略詞 /首字母缩略词 noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Czech

1 entries
  • akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Danish

2 entries
  • akronym noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Dutch

2 entries
  • acroniem noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • letterwoord noun (word formed by initial letters)

Eastern Mari

1 entries
  • аббревиатур noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • akronimo noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • akronimo noun (word formed by initial letters)

Estonian

1 entries
  • akronüüm noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

European Portuguese

1 entries
  • acrónimo noun (word formed by initial letters)

Finnish

3 entries
  • akronyymi noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • kirjainlyhenne noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • kirjainsana noun (word formed by initial letters)

French

2 entries
  • acronyme noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • sigle noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Galician

1 entries
  • acrónimo noun (word formed by initial letters)

German

1 entries
  • Akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Greek

3 entries
  • ακρωνύμιο noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • ακρώνυμο noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • αρκτικόλεξο noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ראשי תיבות noun (word formed by initial letters)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • betűszó noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • mozaikszó noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • szóösszevonás noun (word formed by initial letters)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • upphafsstafaheiti noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • acronymo noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • initiales noun (word formed by initial letters)

Irish

2 entries
  • acrainm noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • acrainm noun (word formed by initial letters)

Italian

2 entries
  • acronimo noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • sigla noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Japanese

3 entries
  • アクロニム noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 略語 noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 頭字語 noun (word formed by initial letters)

Korean

3 entries
  • 두문자어 noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • 두문자어 noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • 약어 noun (word formed by initial letters)

Māori

3 entries
  • kupu rāpoto noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • kupu rāpoto noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • pūtaukī noun (word formed by initial letters)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • akronym noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • akronym noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Occitan

1 entries
  • acronim noun (word formed by initial letters)

Polish

4 entries
  • akronim noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • akronim noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • skrót noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • skrót noun (word formed by initial letters)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • acrograma noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • acrônimo noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • sigla noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Romanian

1 entries
  • acronim noun (word formed by initial letters)

Russian

2 entries
  • акро́ним noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • сокраще́ние noun (word formed by initial letters)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • acranaim noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • acranaim noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • geàrr-ainm noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • geàrr-ainm noun (word formed by initial letters)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • akronim noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • акроним noun (word formed by initial letters)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • acrònimu noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • acrònimu noun (word formed by initial letters)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kratica noun (word formed by initial letters)

Spanish

3 entries
  • acrónimo noun (word formed by initial letters)
  • sigla noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
  • sigla noun (word formed by initial letters)

Swahili

1 entries
  • akronimu noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Swedish

1 entries
  • akronym noun (word formed by initial letters)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • akronim noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Thai

1 entries
  • รัสพจน์ noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)

Turkish

1 entries
  • akronim noun (word formed by initial letters)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • акро́нім noun (word formed by initial letters)

Sample sentences

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SOPA is an acronym for the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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PIPA is an acronym for the PROTECT IP Act.

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SNAFU is an acronym expressing the enlisted man's resigned acceptance of chaos. Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.

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TATOEBA could be an acronym in various languages: The All-inclusive Treasury Of Examples Beautifully Arranged.

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