Definition of Acrostic

1. Noun. A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across.

Exact synonyms: Word Square
Generic synonyms: Mystifier, Puzzle, Puzzler, Teaser

2. Noun. Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.

Definition of Acrostic

1. n. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

2. n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics.

Definition of Acrostic

1. a poem in which certain letters taken in order form a word or phrase [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acrostic

acrosome
acrosome
acrosomes
acrosomin
acrospire
acrospire
acrospires
acrospiroma
acrospore
across
across-the-board
across the board
across the country
across the nation
acrostealgia
acrostic (current term)
acrostical
acrostically
acrostichoid
Acrostichum
Acrostichum aureum
acrostics
acrosyndesis
acrotarsium
acroteleutic
acroter
acroteric
acroters
acrotheca
acrotic

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