ANAGRAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("anagram" is a kind of...):

word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anagram"):

antigram (an anagram that means the opposite of the original word or phrase)

Derivation:

anagram (read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning)

anagrammatic; anagrammatical (related to anagrams or containing or making an anagram)

anagrammatise; anagrammatize (read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning)

Meaning:

Read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

Synonyms:

anagram; anagrammatise; anagrammatize

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "anagram" is one way to...):

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

anagram (a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase)