NOUN | communication | acronym, initialism | a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name |
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Sounds | ae'krahnihm | |
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Rhymes | brim ... whim: 31 rhymes with ihm... |
Meaning | A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name. | |
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Synonym | initialism | |
Broader | form, word form, signifier, descriptor | The phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
Usage | DINK | A couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids) |
MPEG | A set of standards adopted by the moving pictures experts group for the compression of digital video and audio data or a file of data compressed according to those standards | |
NIMBY | someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere | |
snafu | An acronym often used by soldiers in World War II | |
weakly interacting massive particle, WIMP | A hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation | |
Spanish | acrónimo, sigla | |
Catalan | acrònim, sigla | |
Adjectives | acronymic, acronymous | characterized by the use of acronyms |
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