Acrostic (Noun)
Meaning 1
A puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The poem was an acrostic that spelled out the poet's name in the first letter of each line.
- She carefully crafted an acrostic message for her friend's birthday card.
- The teacher assigned the students to create an acrostic poem using their favorite hobby as the base word.
- The ancient Sumerians used acrostics to encode secret messages in their writings.
- He discovered an acrostic in the ancient manuscript that revealed the location of the hidden treasure.