Synset:initialism
Examples:
- 'NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- the word 'scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus)
Derivationally Related Form:acronymicacronymous
Hypernyms:descriptor form signifier word form
Inherited Hypernyms:acronymformwordlanguage unitpartrelationabstractionentity