1. A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name

Derived forms: acronyms

See also: acronymic

Type of: descriptor, form, signifier, word form

Encyclopedia: Acronym

• a capella
• a capella singing
• a cappella
• a cappella singing
• a couple of
• a dime a dozen
• a few
• a fortiori
• a good deal
• a great deal
• a hundred times
• a Kempis
• a la mode
• A level
• a little
• a lot
• a million times
• a month of Sundays
• a posteriori
• a priori
• A road
• a trifle
• A'man
• A-bomb
• A-frame