word square

Questions about word square

What is another word for word square?

It depends which word square you mean. In the sense “a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across”, the synonyms are acrostic. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of word square?

WordNet records no antonym for word square. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for word square come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of word square

• Full entry for word squareAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for word squareWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.