'acrostic' definitions:
Definition of 'acrostic'
(from WordNet)
noun
A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across [syn: word square, acrostic]
noun
Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
Synonyms of 'acrostic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse of terms,
- acronym,
- amphibologism,
- amphiboly,
- anagram,
- avyayibhava,
- back formation,
- calembour,
- clipped word,
- compound,
- conjugate,
- construction,
- corruption,
- dvandva,
- dvigu,
- endocentric compound,
- equivocality,
- equivoque,
- exocentric compound,
- formation,
- jeu de mots,
- logogram,
- logogriph,
- malapropism,
- metagram,
- missaying,
- palindrome,
- paronomasia,
- paronym,
- play on words,
- pun,
- punning,
- spoonerism,
- tatpurusha,
- word form,
- wordplay