Hypernym

noun

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

initialism 1

noundomain: communication

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word

Examples

1.the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)
2.`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Synonyms

acronym 1
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word

Hyponym

syllabic abbreviation 1

noun

(linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually initial, of several words.

Member_of_this_domain_-_USAGE

snafu 1

noun

an acronym often used by soldiers in World War II: situation normal all fucked up

MPEG 1

noun

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

DINK 1

noun

a couple who both have careers and no children (an acronym for dual income no kids)

weakly interacting massive particle 1

noun

a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe

NIMBY 1

noun

someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard