SOPA is an acronym for the Stop Online Piracy Act.
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Acronym
/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/
Synonyms for "acronym" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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When not to replace "acronym"
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Inflections
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1 entriesTranslations
88 translations across 45 languages.
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)
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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)
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Icelandic
1 entries- upphafsstafaheiti noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
Interlingua
2 entries- acronymo noun (word formed by initial letters)
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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)
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Korean
3 entries- 두문자어 noun (any abbreviation formed by initial letters)
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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
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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
14 total sentences available.
PIPA is an acronym for the PROTECT IP Act.
Source: tatoeba (1369404)
SNAFU is an acronym expressing the enlisted man's resigned acceptance of chaos. Situation Normal: All Fucked Up.
Source: tatoeba (2040153)
TATOEBA could be an acronym in various languages: The All-inclusive Treasury Of Examples Beautifully Arranged.
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Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "acronym"?
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